frail
英 [freɪl]
美[frel]
- adj. 脆弱的；虚弱的
- n. 灯心草篓；少妇；少女
词态变化
比较级: frailer;最高级: frailest;
助记提示
1. flail, frail: 打谷子用扁担，l 是扁担、连盖，r像一朵花，花脆弱.
2. frail (源自fragile，g 被省略)脆弱，虚弱的。
3. ail => frail.
4. fr- + ail => frail.
2. frail (源自fragile，g 被省略)脆弱，虚弱的。
3. ail => frail.
4. fr- + ail => frail.
中文词源
frail 易碎的
缩写自拉丁语fragilis, 易碎的，词源同fragile.
英英释意
- 1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- 2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
英文词源
- frail (adj.)
- mid-14c., "morally weak," from Old French fraile, frele "weak, frail, sickly, infirm" (12c., Modern French frêle), from Latin fragilis "easily broken" (see fragility). It is the Frenchified form of fragile. Sense of "easily destroyed, liable to break" in English is from late 14c. The U.S. slang noun meaning "a woman" is attested from 1908; perhaps with awareness of Shakespeare's "Frailty, thy name is woman."
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。
weak, feeble, frail, fragile
这些形容词均有"虚弱的，乏力的"之意。
weak： 普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。
feeble： 指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。
frail： 多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
fragile可与frail换用，但语气强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病，指物容易破碎。
实用场景例句
- Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
- 母亲已逐渐衰弱到无法独居。
牛津词典
- the frail stems of the flowers
- 柔弱的花茎
牛津词典
- Human nature is frail.
- 人性脆弱。
牛津词典
- The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.
- 他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
- 她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The frail columns bear the architrave.
- 细弱的支柱支撑着框缘.
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- The bridge is a frail wooden structure.
- 这座桥的木质结构,很不结实.
辞典例句
- The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school.
- 这个男孩身体虚弱,从不和同学们一起玩.
《简明英汉词典》
- At last Becky's frail limbs refused to carry her farther . She sat down.
- 到后来,贝基柔弱的四肢再也支撑不住,她一步也走不动了.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- How do is anaemia tracheal and bad ? Is the body frail how to do?
- 贫血气管不好 怎么办 ?身体虚弱怎么办?
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- Because Dunhuang Grotto locates the Gobi area havingatrOcious weather, muras are threatened andtO be very frail.
- 然而, 由于自然风化的破坏以及重大自然灾害的威胁,这个人类艺术的宝库变得非常脆弱.
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- She may look frail but she has great determination.
- 身体看起来还不够硬朗,但决心够硬.
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- Her health is very frail.
- 她的身体十分虚弱.
辞典例句
- This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again , and fillest it ever with fresh life.
- 这脆薄的杯儿,你不断地把它倒空,又不断地以新生命来充满.
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- You are too frail a gust of wind. I advise you to take more physical exercises.
- 瞧你弱不禁风的样子, 我建议你多参加体育锻炼.
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- After the market continued murky one year, everybody psychology was very frail.
- 市场持续低迷了一年的时间以后, 大家心理都很脆弱.
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- " The other frail said he was a wet smack. "
- “ 另一个姑娘说他是一个讨厌鬼. ”
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- Once a bon viveur, he looked frail when he appeared in parliament on Thursday.
- 上周四出现在最高人民会议时,锦衣玉食的他看上去有些虚弱.
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- Physically he is frail and must sustain himself by imbibing magical potions of his own creation.
- 他天生身体虚弱,必须服用他自己创造的魔法药剂来维持自己的生命.
期刊摘选
- The humble frail man, graphic artist, character coy, gentle nature, very ordinary at first glance.
- 这位谦逊文弱的平面设计艺术家, 性格忸怩 、 人性温顺, 第一眼望去极为平凡.
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- She was frail and ancient and charming as she continued to look at him.
- 她继续望着他,一付弱不禁风的样子,很典雅,也很妩媚.
辞典例句
- The policeman observes discovery, groups of small complexion is sallow, the body looks very frail.
- 民警观察发现, 小伙脸色蜡黄, 身体看上去很虚弱.
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- Nature condition of hami is very frail. And resource exploitation and economy development make eco - system destroy.
- 哈密地区自然条件十分脆弱, 长期以来重开发、轻保护,资源开发和经济增长方式粗放,使生态系统遭到破坏.
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- Willie's old robe flapped around his frail figure.
- 威利的旧浴衣在他瘦弱的身上摆动.
辞典例句
- All men are frail, but you must admit that none is more frail than yourself.
- 我们人都是软弱的, 但是你必须要体认到没有人比你更为软弱.
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- How slight a thing will disturb the equanimity of our frail minds!
- 要搅乱我们脆弱的心灵的安宁真是太容易了!
辞典例句
- Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail.
- 监狱生命使脆弱的零售商在桶里有益于每只蜗牛.
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- Our country has large population, the resources are relatively insufficiency, the ecological environment is frail.
- 中国人口众多, 资源相对不足, 生态环境脆弱.
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