| 单词 | elastic |
| 释义 | elas·tic I. 1. a. of a solid b. of a liquid c. of a gas 2. < a very cheerful and elastic gentleman — T.L.Peacock > : marked by buoyancy : resilient < one called the young Indians “boys”, perhaps because there was something youthful and elastic in their bodies — Willa Cather > 3. < a brave old Panama hat … so elastic that upon rolling it up it sprang into perfect shape again — Herman Melville > 4. a. < left as elastic as possible the constitution of the new institutions — P.J.Noel-Baker > : not rigid or constricted < the word democratic is doubtless one of the most elastic in the language — D.D.McKean > b. < the French mind is elastic and French public opinion tolerant to a degree which shames the prejudice of other peoples — W.C.Brownell > 5. < the market is a fixed one in certain ways and quite elastic in other ways — Charles Yerkow > Synonyms: < the buoyant and elastic temper of the French trouveur — J.R.Green > < an elastic faculty of throwing off such recollections as would be too painful for endurance — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < to him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning — H.D.Thoreau > expansive may imply high spirits, optimism, benevolence, geniality, and communicativeness < an expansive mood is one of the most familiar and sometimes costly first responses to a Florida winter sun. The person noted for taciturnity in his home community often becomes loquacious — American Guide Series: Florida > resilient may stress speed of return to accustomed good or high spirits after stress, tribulation, or depression < already the shock and horror of it was fading from her resilient mind — Ruth Park > < good fighters, outspoken and tenacious of opinion, unsparing in attack, refusing to be browbeaten, resilient and tough as seasoned hickory — V.L.Parrington > buoyant may indicate a temperamental lightness of spirit incapable of lasting dejection or depression < in the dark days of the Revolution there was a buoyant American spirit — Encyc. Americana > < no such immaterial burden could depress that buoyant-hearted young gentleman for many hours together — George Eliot > volatile suggests lightness, levity, gaiety, or flightiness overcoming the sedate, serious, sober, or downcast < how different from the volatile Polynesian in this, as in all other respects, is our grave and decorous North American Indian — Herman Melville > < was suspected of levity, irreverence, disregard, and affectation. He was too volatile; he talked too much — John o' London's Weekly > effervescent suggests a bubbling liveliness and boisterousness over which restraint or suppression is unlikely or impossible < an effervescent sort of chap with an enthusiasm that takes off like a rocket — Richard Joseph > Synonym: see in addition flexible. II. 1. a. b. c. 2. a. b. |
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