friable
/frahy-uh-buhl/US // ˈfraɪ ə bəl //UK // (ˈfraɪəbəl) //
易碎的,易碎,易碎品,易损件
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.brittle
Examples
Another specimen of sandstone is friable, of a light flesh-red colour, and apparently composed of the debris of granite.
At B will be observed the employment of masonry to strengthen the crumbling walls of the friable tufa.
They are sometimes very friable, sometimes very hard; and some that are friable when they first fall, become hard afterwards.
The top-spit earth from an upland pasture, loamy, friable, and well reduced; 3.
The bottoms are of rich friable earth, and afford grass of various kinds, among others that of red clover.
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