| 单词 | tensile |
| 释义 | tensile (once / 22513 pages) adj Use the adjective tensile to describe materials that can be shaped, such as the tensile clay that a potter crafts into a bowl or vase. Tensile rhymes with "pencil." It might remind you of the word tense, and in fact, tensile can also mean "having to do with tension." Think about a tensile material, like wire. It will stretch and stretch until it reaches its limit. Drawn tight, with no slack, the wire has tensile stress. WORD FAMILYtensile USAGE EXAMPLESAnd it's because "you've stretched a muscle, tendon or ligament beyond its natural tensile strength and torn fibers in those tissues," Carius explains. US News(Aug 03, 2016) Tight bundles of woven branches provided tensile strength to a springy floor. Science Magazine(Jul 13, 2016) From the start, her writing has been easy to fall in love with: simple, elegant, and possessing an immense tensile strength. Salon(Jun 16, 2016) 1adj of or relating to tension tensile stress tensile pull 2adj capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out made of highly tensile steel alloy Syn ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile formed having or given a form or shape |
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