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Pliable Adj Touch Movable Plaiəbl A.易弯的,柔软的 英 易弯的,柔软的(Supp

单词 pliable
音标 ['plaiəbl]
解释 a.易弯的,柔软的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 易弯的,柔软的(supp le enough to bend freely; ductile)
【考】 palpable : touch / pliable : mold(可触摸的可以触摸到 /易变形的可以塑造)static : movable / pliable : inflexible(反义: 静态对移动/柔软对僵 硬)反义词:rigid(僵硬 的)
【例】 The sheet of plastic becomes very pliable when it is warmed.
字源 pliable (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably, pliability.
不择手段背单词 adj. 易弯的 = ductile; 易受影响的; 温顺的 = adaptable = tractable
【记】源于: pliant = pliable(pli = ply弯)
【参】liable(adj 有责任的; 有...倾向的); labile(adj 易发生变化的)以上词都来自lab化学实验室中易变的药物.
【类】palpable: touch = pliable: mold可触摸的可以触摸到 = 易变形的可以塑造static: movable = pliable: inflexible静态的不是移动的 = 柔软的不是僵硬的『pliable: influenced = censorious: condemn』『易受影响的: 影响 = 批判的: 责备』词性不符
【反】rigid(adj 刚硬的; 严格的); pertinacious = obdurate(adj 固执的); difficult to crumble(不易碎的)
趣味全助记 【记】ply 折,弯 + able;comply 顺从,就是柔顺的
【相关】apply 应用,适用,comply 顺从, 遵守,supple 柔软的, 顺从的

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