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Brittle Break Britl A.易碎的,脆弱的 记 分拆联想:Br想成bri Ng Ittle想成little→带

单词 brittle
音标 ['britl]
解释 a.易碎的,脆弱的
红宝书 【记】 分拆联想:br想成bri ng + ittle想成little→带 来很少→脆弱的人带 来很少成功派生词:brittleness (n. 脆弱 fragility)
字源 brittle (adj.)
late 14c., britel, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English adjective *brytel, related to brytan "to crush, pound, to break to pieces," from Proto-Germanic stem *brutila- "brittle," from *breutan "to break up" (cognates: Old Norse brjota "to break," Old High German brodi "fragile"), from PIE *bhreu- "to cut, break up" (see bruise (v.)). With -le, suffix forming adjectives with meaning "liable to."
不择手段背单词 adj. 东西易碎的; 关系脆弱的; 声音尖利的 = crisp = crumbly = crunchy
【例】glass is brittle 玻璃容易碎She has a brittle temper 她动不动就发脾气.
【记】bottle容易brittle.
【参】brittleness(n 脆弱fragility)
【类】manifest: perceive = brittle: break明显的容易被察觉 = 易碎的容易被打碎
趣味全助记 【记】break + bottle 是易碎的

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