1. tens- + -ile.
2. => capable of being stretched.
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中文词源
tensile 有张力的,可延展的
来自 tense,拉紧的,-ile,形容词后缀。
英语词源
tensile (adj.)
1620s, "stretchable," from Modern Latin tensilis "capable of being stretched," from Latin tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Meaning "pertaining to tension" is from 1841.
权威例句
1. All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
所有零件都是用顶级高强度铝加工而成。
2. the tensile strength of rope
绳索的抗拉强度
3. The word tensegrity is a contraction of tensile and integrity , firstly conceived by Fuller.