Elasticity
[elæ'stɪsɪtɪ;iː-;ɪ-] or [,ilæ'stɪsəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; 'the waistband had lost its snap'.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.
(n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork.
手打:旺达
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Springiness, resiliency, tendency to rebound.
編輯:帕梅拉
例句/造句/用法:
- It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- One of Boyle's critics, a professor at Louvain, while admitting that air had weight and elasticity, denie d that these were sufficient to account for the results ascribed to them. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Now the balance spring of a watch is made from steel, and is carefully tempered in order to obtain its highest elasticity. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- By that means, the gas is generated in a closed vessel, and forces itself into the water by its own elasticity. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Sir,' rejoined Mrs. Sparsit, 'there was wont to be an elasticity in you which I sadly miss. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It lies near the pliable elasticity by which some persons take on the color of their surroundings while retaining their own bent. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The troubles of a family, the business of making money, the demands of a profession destroy the elasticity of the mind. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- This heating or vulcanizing process fixes the elasticity of the rubber, increases its strength enormously and unites the parts in such a way as to make the shoe practically one piece. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In it is coiled the mainspring--a strip of steel about twenty-three inches long, which is carefully tempered to insure elasticity and pull. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Mere amassing of information apart from the direct interests of life makes mind wooden; elasticity disappears. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She returned to town in a glow of rejuvenation, conscious of a clearer colour in her cheeks, a fresh elasticity in her muscles. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He felt able to prove that the elasticity of the air could under circumstances do far more than sustain t wenty-nine or thirty inches of mercury. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- There is an energy, an elasticity in his mind, which enables him to seize on and analyze all questions, pushing them to their legitimate cons equences. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- First, it enlarges the balance wheel; second, it increases the length of the spring; third, it reduces the elasticity of the spring. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- These frames have very little elasticity, and we take it as an historical commonplace that sooner or later a revolution must come to burst the frame apart. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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