brittle
brittle 英 [ˈbrɪtl] 美 [ˈbrɪtl]
adj. 脆性的，刺耳的；脆弱的
名词复数:brittles
- Something brittle is easily broken. Do you have brittle bones? Then no football or rugby for you.
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- adj. 脆性的，刺耳的；脆弱的
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1. brittle bones
易折的骨骼
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2. a brittle temperament
脆弱的性情
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3. a brittle laugh
尖利的笑声
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4. Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.
经过化学处理的头发会变得焦脆。
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5. Have you tried the brittle? It wins awards.
你尝过烤脆饼吗？赞誉极高。
- brittle (adj.) "breaking easily and suddenly," late 14c., britel, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English adjective *brytel, related to brytan "to crush, pound, to break to pieces," from Proto-Germanic stem *brutila- "brittle," from *breutan "to break up" (source also of Old Norse brjota "to break," Old High German brodi "fragile"), from PIE *bhreu- "to cut, break up" (see bruise (v.)). With -le, suffix forming adjectives with meaning "liable to." Related: Brittleness.
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