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Brittle Easily Break Fractured Brɪtl Adj.脆的;易碎的 Careful Box

Front brittle
Pron ['brɪtl]
Back 【brittle】
adj.脆的;易碎的
Be careful not to break the box of glass; that thin glass is hard but brittle.
小心不要打破那玻璃盒;那薄的玻璃虽坚硬,但易碎。
Vocab
brittlehaving little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

Something brittle is easily broken. Do you have brittle bones? Then, no football or rugby for you.

Besides meaning easily fractured and emotionally cold, brittle is also a type of candy made of cooled sugar. To make peanut brittle, bake the ingredients on a cookie sheet then let the brittle cool into sheets which you break into pieces (and then eat — wreaking havoc with your braces). It's ok to use the adjective brittle freely to describe lots of things that will break easily — such as a heart, a theory, or a poorly equipped army.

All forms of 'brittle' will appear on average once every 2303 pages.
brittle
brittleness

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