单词
brittle
英 ['br?t(?)l]
美['br?tl]
基本信息
- adj. 易碎的，脆弱的；易生气的
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词态变化
比较级:?brittler ;最高级:?brittlest;名词:?brittleness;
助记提示
1. break => brittle.
中文词源
brittle 脆性的
词源同break，破开。-le, 表反复。
英文词源
- brittle
- brittle: [14] Brittle probably comes from a Germanic stem *brut- ‘break’, which had several descendants in Old English (including the verbs brēotan and gebryttan ‘break’) that did not survive the Norman Conquest. It came in a more than usual profusion of spellings in Middle English (bretil, brutil, etc), not all of which may be the same word; brottle, for instance, current from the 14th to the 16th century, may well have come from the aforementioned Old English brēotan. There is also the synonymous brickle [15], which survived dialectally into the 20th century; this is related ultimately to break.
- brittle (adj.)
- 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" (cognates: 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."
双语例句
- 1. This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
- 这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pizza base retains its crispness without becoming brittle.
- 比萨饼的饼底依然酥脆，也没有变得易碎。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle.
- 这些事件表明北爱尔兰的和平仍然很脆弱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Myrtle gave a brittle laugh.
- 默特尔冷笑了一声。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.
- 池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰.
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