brittle
英 ['brɪt(ə)l]
美['brɪtl]
- adj. 易碎的，脆弱的；易生气的
词态变化
比较级: brittler ;最高级: brittlest;名词: brittleness;
助记提示
1. break => brittle.
中文词源
brittle 脆性的
词源同break，破开。-le, 表反复。
英英释意
- 1. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
英文词源
- brittle
- brittle: [14] Brittle probably comes from a Germanic stem *brut- ‘break’, which had several descendants in Old English (including the verbs brēotan and gebryttan ‘break’) that did not survive the Norman Conquest. It came in a more than usual profusion of spellings in Middle English (bretil, brutil, etc), not all of which may be the same word; brottle, for instance, current from the 14th to the 16th century, may well have come from the aforementioned Old English brēotan. There is also the synonymous brickle [15], which survived dialectally into the 20th century; this is related ultimately to break.
- 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."
同义词辨析
brittle, fragile, frail
这些形容词都含有"易碎的"之意。
brittle： 指没有弹性或伸缩性的脆性材料，暗示受压或被扭曲时易碎。
fragile： 除指易碎外，还指人身体虚弱，动辄就得病。
frail： 多指人体虚弱，也指某物不耐用，易碎易损。
考试真题
- Most forms of steel abruptly become brittle at temperatures below about -25°C unless they are mixed with other metals.
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实用场景例句
- brittle bones/nails
- 易折的骨骼 / 指甲
牛津词典
- a brittle temperament
- 脆弱的性情
牛津词典
- a brittle laugh
- 尖利的笑声
牛津词典
- Pine is brittle and breaks.
- 松树很脆，容易折断。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the dry, brittle ends of the hair.
- 又干又脆的发梢
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle...
- 这些事件表明北爱尔兰的和平仍然很脆弱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
- 这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Noel Coward's brittle comedy of bad manners.
- 诺埃尔·科沃德尖锐嘲讽无礼举止的喜剧
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Myrtle gave a brittle laugh.
- 默特尔冷笑了一声。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Application: suitable for brittle material, potato chips, crispy rice, apple, jelly, etc.
- 适用范围: 适合于易碎物料:薯片, 锅巴, 苹果片, 果冻等.
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- Brittle things break easily.
- 脆的东西容易破碎.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Concrete is a brittle material, so its compressive strength is high, but tensile is low.
- 混凝土是一种脆性材料, 抗压强度高, 而抗拉强度则较低.
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- Fortune is as brittle as glass.
- 运气和玻璃一样易碎.
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- It is very difficult that using common cutting machines the hard and brittle metal.
- 硬脆金属材料采用普通切削加工相当困难.
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- For the HT 200 gray cast iron, the wear was caused mainly by the brittle flake.
- HT200灰铸铁以塑性变形而产生的脆化剥落为主要磨损机制.
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- This material is highly brittle.
- 这种材料非常脆.
辞典例句
- She has a brittle temper.
- 她动辄就要发脾气.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Like most hard materials, diamonds are quite brittle and cannot stand much shack.
- 象大多数硬质材料一样, 金钢石很脆,经不起猛烈冲击.
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- Tungsten Carbide jaws also benefit from being very sharp without becoming too brittle.
- 碳化钨颚还得益于其锋利,同时又不会容易断裂.
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- Applicable to various brittle material crushing of minerals.
- 适用于破碎各种脆性材料的矿物.
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- Steel without any carbon in it at all would be too brittle to use.
- 钢里没有一点碳,就太脆了,不好用.
辞典例句
- Belt grinding shows excellent characteristics in machining hard and brittle materials.
- 砂带磨削在硬脆材料加工中具有优良的性能.
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- The absorption efficiency of brittle foams is better than that of.
- 脆性泡沫的吸能效果总体优于韧性泡沫.
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- She gave a brittle laugh.
- 她冷淡地笑了笑.
《简明英汉词典》
- The sow bugs beside him are curled and empty, fragile a breath away from brittle fluff.
- 旁边的小飞虫的尸体显得卷缩和空洞和脆弱, 离那个脆弱的蠼螋不太远.
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- Lacquer becomes extremely hard But not Brittle on exposure to air and takes a high polish.
- 漆固化后表面非常坚硬暴露在空气中也不易碎,并可高度磨光.
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