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1. break => brittle.
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词族 · brittle
词形变化
中文词源
brittle 脆性的
词源同break，破开。-le, 表反复。
英语词源
- brittle
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brittle: [14] Brittle probably comes from a Germanic stem *brut- ‘break’, which had several descendants in Old English (including the verbs brēotan and gebryttan ‘break’) that did not survive the Norman Conquest. It came in a more than usual profusion of spellings in Middle English (bretil, brutil, etc), not all of which may be the same word; brottle, for instance, current from the 14th to the 16th century, may well have come from the aforementioned Old English brēotan. There is also the synonymous brickle [15], which survived dialectally into the 20th century; this is related ultimately to break.
- brittle (adj.)
- late 14c., britel, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English adjective *brytel, related to brytan "to crush, pound, to break to pieces," from Proto-Germanic stem *brutila- "brittle," from *breutan "to break up" (cognates: Old Norse brjota "to break," Old High German brodi "fragile"), from PIE *bhreu- "to cut, break up" (see bruise (v.)). With -le, suffix forming adjectives with meaning "liable to."
权威例句
- 1. This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
- 这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。
- 2. The pizza base retains its crispness without becoming brittle.
- 比萨饼的饼底依然酥脆，也没有变得易碎。
- 3. These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle.
- 这些事件表明北爱尔兰的和平仍然很脆弱。
- 4. Myrtle gave a brittle laugh.
- 默特尔冷笑了一声。
- 5. The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.
- 池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰.
词语辨析
【invalid, crisp, fragile, brittle, frail】
这组词都有“弱”的意思，其区别是：
invalid: a.不正确的，缺乏证据的；无效的，作废的。作名词时，表示病弱者，伤残者，久病者。
• Your ideas about the first humans are interesting but invalid. 你关于最早的人类的观点很有意思，但是缺乏证据。
• A bad car accident made him an invalid. 一次严重的车祸使他变成了残疾。
crisp: a.指食品的松脆；清新的，爽快的；活跃的，有生气的，干净利落的。
• crisp biscuit 松脆的饼干
• The student gave a clear, crisp answer to the teacher's question. 学生干净利落地回答了老师的问题。
fragile: a.常常修饰使用时必须小心才不会破碎的东西，也引申为体弱的，虚弱的。
• He 's feeling a bit fragile after last night's party. 他参加了昨晚的聚会以后，现在感觉有些虚弱。
brittle: a.易碎的，易损坏的，通常是指坚硬的东西。
• The bones of elderly people become brittle and easily broken. 老年人的骨头变得脆弱，很容易骨折。
frail: a. (指人)体弱的，虚弱的，也可以指东西易碎的。
• His mother has grown old and frail. 他母亲已经年老体弱。
这组词都有“弱”的意思，其区别是：
invalid: a.不正确的，缺乏证据的；无效的，作废的。作名词时，表示病弱者，伤残者，久病者。
• Your ideas about the first humans are interesting but invalid. 你关于最早的人类的观点很有意思，但是缺乏证据。
• A bad car accident made him an invalid. 一次严重的车祸使他变成了残疾。
crisp: a.指食品的松脆；清新的，爽快的；活跃的，有生气的，干净利落的。
• crisp biscuit 松脆的饼干
• The student gave a clear, crisp answer to the teacher's question. 学生干净利落地回答了老师的问题。
fragile: a.常常修饰使用时必须小心才不会破碎的东西，也引申为体弱的，虚弱的。
• He 's feeling a bit fragile after last night's party. 他参加了昨晚的聚会以后，现在感觉有些虚弱。
brittle: a.易碎的，易损坏的，通常是指坚硬的东西。
• The bones of elderly people become brittle and easily broken. 老年人的骨头变得脆弱，很容易骨折。
frail: a. (指人)体弱的，虚弱的，也可以指东西易碎的。
• His mother has grown old and frail. 他母亲已经年老体弱。