Frail
[freɪl] or [frel]
解释:
(noun.) a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs).
(noun.) the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds.
(adj.) physically weak; 'an invalid's frail body' .
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解释:
(n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
(n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
(n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
(superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
(superl) Tender.
(superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
录入:诺顿
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Fragile, frangible, BRITTLE, easily broken (across).[2]. Weak, feeble, fragile, INFIRM.[3]. Liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue.
录入:维维恩
同义词及反义词：
SYN:[See FRAGILE], Irresolute, erring, mutable
ANT:Resolute, virtuous, lasting
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解释:
adj. wanting in strength or firmness: weak: unchaste.—adj. Frail′ish somewhat frail.—adv. Frail′ly.—ns. Frail′ness Frail′ty weakness: infirmity.
n. a rush: a basket made of rushes.
手打:莫林
例句:
- This is indeed, he continued, as he looked at the flimsy texture and slender fingers, a slight and frail gage for a purpose so deadly! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Perish a thousand such frail baubles as this Jewess, before thy manly step pause in the brilliant career that lies stretched before thee! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Moreover, at this instant, I had good reason to believe the provoking little reptile was actually in the arms of some frail, very frail, French woman. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Those few warm words, though only warm with anger, breathed on that frail frost-work of reserve; about this time, it gave note of dissolution. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- But this was so still and frail, as space is more frightening than force. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It was only when I saw him really unhappy that I felt really vexed with the fair, frail cause of his suffering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Never, said he, as he ground his teeth, never was anything at once so frail and so indomitable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- And now, though it seemed slighter and frailer than ever, it had suddenly hardened to adamant, and he might beat his life out against it in vain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It is always the frailest, the oldest, and the poorest that brave the worst weather, to prove and maintain their constancy to dear old mother church. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Yet of all the reeds that civilization leans upon, surely the police is the frailest. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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