英语词汇“brittle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	brittle
释义	brit·tle I. \ˈbrid.^əl, -it^əl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English brēotan to break, Old High German brōdi frail, Old Norse brjōta to break, Sanskrit bhrūṇa embryo 1. a. (1) : easily broken, cracked, or snapped : apt to break or snap easily especially under very slight bending or deformation < brittle clay > < brittle glass > < as brittle as an eggshell > (2) of a metal or alloy : having very low malleability or ductility b. : easily disrupted, overthrown, damaged, or disintegrated : frail < a brittle promise > < brittle honor — Shakespeare > < a brittle marriage > c. : requiring careful handling : difficult < a brittle personality > d. : sharp, brilliant, tense < the light, brittle tones of an orchestra of xylophones — Asia & the Americas > < the brittle staccato of the drums — H.A.Sinclair > < could hardly understand what was said to him, so brittle and sharp was the sound — Pearl Buck > 2. a. : perishable, mortal b. : transitory, evanescent 3. : lacking warmth, depth, or generosity of spirit : cold, calculating < she was harder, more brittle, than Effie ever was — Rex Ingamells > < a brittle and selfish woman who calculates her ends coldly and by sheer poise and self-possession usually gets her way — Chad Walsh > < the brittle, cynical, beautiful legends of Ovid — Gilbert Highet > • brit·tle·ly or brit·tly \-d.^əl(l)ē, -t^əl-, -)i; -tlē, -tli\ adverb • brit·tle·ness \-id.^əlnə̇s, -it^əl-\ noun -es II. noun (-s) : candy made by boiling sugar to the point of caramelization, adding nuts, and cooling in thin sheets III. adjective : affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level
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