elastic

noun

/ɪˈlæstɪk/

[uncountable]

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material made with rubber, that can stretch and then return to its original size
- This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.
Extra Examples
- The elastic in these socks has gone.
- The skirt is held up by a length of elastic around the waist.
- an old skirt with loose elastic
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- loose
- tight
- hair
- …
… of elastic
- length
- piece
elastic + verb
- break
- go
- snap
- …
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’.

elastic

adjective

/ɪˈlæstɪk/

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made with elastic
- an elastic headband
able to stretch and return to its original size and shape
- elastic materials
that can change or be changed
- The demand for the product is elastic.
- Our plans are fairly elastic.

Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’.

单词	elastic
释义	elastic noun /ɪˈlæstɪk/ /ɪˈlæstɪk/ [uncountable] jump to other results material made with rubber, that can stretch and then return to its original size This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist. Extra Examples The elastic in these socks has gone. The skirt is held up by a length of elastic around the waist. an old skirt with loose elastic Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective loose tight hair … … of elastic length piece elastic + verb break go snap … See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’. elastic adjective /ɪˈlæstɪk/ /ɪˈlæstɪk/ jump to other results made with elastic an elastic headband able to stretch and return to its original size and shape elastic materials that can change or be changed The demand for the product is elastic. Our plans are fairly elastic. Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’.
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