| 单词 | ductile |
| 释义 | ductile (once / 16038 pages) adj If you can bend or shape a substance, especially if it's made of metal, it is ductile. If they can stretch a metal into a thin wire, scientists consider it to be ductile. If you agree with what everyone else does or says, you too might be ductile, or easily manipulated. Some more commonly used synonyms for ductile are malleable, for both senses of the word, and pliable or flexible, for the literal sense. The word shares the same root as the word duke. If you are a duke, you probably hope your people are ductile, or easy to lead. WORD FAMILYductile: ductilely, ductileness, ductility USAGE EXAMPLESThis mix of steel and concrete is superstrong and very ductile. US News(Sep 09, 2016) Ductile and sensuous, paint hugs the flat photographic forms of Leiter’s nudes in a tailor-made mantle. The New Yorker(May 19, 2015) Materials that can undergo lots of plastic deformation before they finally break are called ductile. Scientific American(May 07, 2015) 1adj capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out ductile copper Syn malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile formed having or given a form or shape 2adj easily influenced Syn malleable manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
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