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Elastic Capable Original Shape Stretching ɪ'Læstɪk Toy Balloons

Front elastic
Pron [ɪ'læstɪk]
Back 【ELASTIC】
Toy balloons, sponges, and steel springs are elastic.
玩具气球、海绵及弹簧上有弹性的
【重点词汇】
elastic adj. 有弹性的 反: inflexible
Vocab
elasticcapable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy

Elastic is the rubber-based material that resumes its original shape after stretching or compression, and anything described as elastic is flexible.

In 1923 American inventor William H Spencer took elastic one step further, creating the elastic band — the Internet of its day for bored office workers seeking amusement. The properties of elastic have long lent themselves to metaphorical use, so that anything or anyone that's capable of adaptation or is flexible in its nature can be termed elastic.

All forms of 'elastic' will appear on average once every 770 pages.
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