| 单词 | supple |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sʌpl] |
| 解释 | a.伸屈自如的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.伸屈自如的(read ily adaptable or responsive to new situations) 【考】 emollient : suppleness / desiccant : dryness(润肤剂很柔软/干燥 剂很干燥)numb : sensation / stiff : suppleness(麻木的没有感觉/坚 硬的没有柔软) 【记】 可能是supplicate(恳 求、求饶)的变体 【同】 派生词: suppleness （n. 柔软） 【例】 a supple birch tree(易弯曲的桦树) / a supple mind(最灵的头脑) |
| 字源 | supple (adj.) c.1300, "soft, tender," from Old French souple, sople "pliant, flexible; humble, submissive" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *supples, from Latin supplex "submissive, humbly begging, beseeching, kneeling in entreaty," literally "bending, kneeling down," perhaps an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate). Meaning "pliant" is from late 14c.; figurative sense of "artfully obsequious, capable of adapting oneself to the wishes and opinions of others" is from c.1600. Supple-chapped (c.1600) was used of a flatterer. Related: Suppleness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sup + ply 折，弯；supply 提供，总是提供，满足要求；音：随仆，总是柔顺与逢迎； 【相关】pliant 顺从，compliant 顺从的, 适应的 |
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