malleable
英 [ˈmæl.i.ə.bəl]
美 [ˈmæl.i.ə.bəl]
将“malleable”分解为“mal-”(在许多词中代表“不好”或“困难”)和“-able”(表示可以...的,能够...的)。想象一个金属在困难中(“mal”)可以被塑形,表现出它的可塑性,即“可锻性的”。这样可以帮助记忆“malleable”意味着易变形或可塑的。
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malleable 可塑的来自拉丁语malleus,铁锤,来自PIE*锤打,使软化,软的,词源同mill,melt.即可锤炼的,引申词义可塑的。
- malleable (adj.)
- late 14c., "capable of being shaped by hammering," from Middle French malleable and directly from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare "to beat with a hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (see mallet). Figurative sense, of persons, "capable of being adapted" first recorded 1610s.
- 1. The malleable mayor of New York was under his control.
- 这位听话的纽约市市长听命于他。
- 2. You need a malleable pillow that will mould to the curves of your neck.
- 你需要一个柔韧性好、能与你的颈椎弯曲弧度相吻合的枕头。
- 3. Silver is the most malleable of all metals.
- 银是延展性最好的金属。
- 4. She was young enough to be malleable.
- 她还年轻,还很乖。
- 5. All these delicate small spare parts are cast from malleable iron.
- 这些精密的小零件,都是用马铁铸造而成的.