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malleable

/mal-ee-uh-buhl/US // ˈmæl i ə bəl //UK // (ˈmælɪəbəl) //

可塑性强,可塑性强的,可塑性,可塑的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
    • : adaptable or tractable: the malleable mind of a child.

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Examples

  • Of course, as is always the case for ambitious infrastructure projects, timelines are malleable, and a lot can change over the course of a decade.

  • It’s also malleable — and variable, among individuals and cultures.

  • Their self-directed inventiveness with mud and recycled materials makes their perceptions of the future malleable.

  • Compared to other regions, it’s uniquely malleable, or plastic.

  • The idea of custom forming gel-based materials isn’t unheard of either—it’s typically used when fitting athletic mouth guards, though users typically have to boil those to make them malleable enough to shape.

  • Even adults like to shoehorn their bottoms into a malleable rubber swing and take a ride down memory lane.

  • This gig, however, has its unique set of challenges around which to be malleable.

  • They see gun rights as insecure, malleable, and under constant attack.

  • Lapid may be malleable, but Bennett was without question on the hard-right, verging on undemocratic.

  • So in some sense their preferences are more malleable, which enlarges the role debates can play.

  • The sound of the iron hammer on the malleable metal was like muffled silver, and the sparks flew out like jocund fireflies.

  • Its consciousness of guilt had broken down her pride, and thus had made her more malleable, more humble.

  • They were poor things, but they were malleable in his hands.

  • An alloy containing 10% of gold is softer and scarcely so malleable as the pure metal.

  • The definition of steel now is that it is a compound of iron which has been cast from a fluid state into a malleable mass.