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flexile

/flek-sil or, especially British, -sahyl/US // ˈflɛk sɪl or, especially British, -saɪl //

灵活性,挠痒痒,挠头,挠性

Related Words

flexible灵活,灵活的,弹性,灵活运用ductile韧性,韧性强的,韧性强,韧性好elastic弹性,松紧带,弹性的,弹性物质flexuous曲折,曲折的,曲折性,挠性moldable可塑,可塑的,可塑性强,可塑形plastic塑胶,塑料,塑胶制品,塑胶类pliable柔韧的,柔韧,轻柔的,柔顺的pliant柔软的,柔韧,柔和,柔顺tractable温和的,温顺的,温驯的,驯服的workable可行的,可行,行得通的,行得通bendable可弯曲的,可弯曲,可弯折的,可曲折的bendy温迪,弯曲的,温蒂,弯曲

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.physically malleable
Synonyms
flexible灵活,灵活的,弹性,灵活运用bendable可弯曲的,可弯曲,可弯折的,可曲折的bendy温迪,弯曲的,温蒂,弯曲ductile韧性,韧性强的,韧性强,韧性好elastic弹性,松紧带,弹性的,弹性物质flexuous曲折,曲折的,曲折性,挠性moldable可塑,可塑的,可塑性强,可塑形plastic塑胶,塑料,塑胶制品,塑胶类pliable柔韧的,柔韧,轻柔的,柔顺的pliant柔软的,柔韧,柔和,柔顺tractable温和的,温顺的,温驯的,驯服的workable可行的,可行,行得通的,行得通

Examples

  • He lay in the Englishwoman's gentle arms—a little brown bundle of flexile limbs and cotton night-shirt.

  • On the former supposition, the ovipositor must be remarkably long and flexile to enable the animal to place the eggs on its back.

  • The wonder was it did not crack under the strain; but Northern ice ahs the air of being strangely flexile.

  • The throwing of an ax was a little matter to the sharp-eyed and flexile-muscled cave men.

  • As the flexile youth progressed, amazement gave place to indignation and then to disgust.

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