| 单词 | pliable |
| 释义 | pliable (once / 4610 pages) adj Pliable means bendable but not breakable. Wax is pliable, good leather is pliable. If you describe a person as pliable, it usually means that he's easily influenced, like a nightclub owner who takes orders from a crime boss. When Madame barks "Plier!" (rhymes with "okay") in ballet class, all the students obediently bend their knees into a graceful semi-crouch. Plier is French for bend and it's the root of the word pliable. The word pliable itself is quite pliable, an apt description for everything from building materials to a person's character. WORD FAMILYpliable: pliability, pliably+/plier: pliers/ply: pliable, plied, plier, plies, plyer, plying/plyer: plyers USAGE EXAMPLESUsing tongs, heat the tortillas briefly until pliable over a gas flame or on a griddle or comal. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Any pliable twig will do, but red or yellow dogwood stems or bright green willows look particularly eye-catching. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) They choose the prettiest, the young and pliable. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out they soaked the leather to made it pliable Syn ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile formed having or given a form or shape 2adj capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking Syn bendable, pliant, waxy flexible, flexile able to flex; able to bend easily 3adj able to adjust readily to different conditions Syn elastic, flexible, pliant adaptable capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use 4adj susceptible to being led or directed Syn fictile susceptible (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of |
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