brittle 音标拼音: [br'ɪtəl]
a . 易碎的,脆弱的,易坏的
易碎的,脆弱的,易坏的
brittle adj 1 :
having little elasticity ;
hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped ; "
brittle bones "; "
glass is brittle "; "`
brickle '
and `
brickly '
are dialectal " [
synonym :
{
brittle }, {
brickle }, {
brickly }]
2 :
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit ; "
a brittle and calculating woman "
3 : (
of metal or glass )
not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [
synonym : {
brittle }, {
unannealed }]
n 1 :
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [
synonym : {
brittle },
{
toffee }, {
toffy }]
Brittle \
Brit "
tle \,
a . [
OE .
britel ,
brutel ,
AS .
bryttian to dispense ,
fr .
bre ['
o ]
tan to break ;
akin to Icel .
brytja ,
Sw .
bryta ,
Dan .
bryde .
Cf . {
Brickle }.]
Easily broken ;
apt to break ;
fragile ;
not tough or tenacious .
[
1913 Webster ]
Farewell ,
thou pretty ,
brittle piece Of fine -
cut crystal . --
Cotton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Brittle silver ore },
the mineral {
stephanite }.
[
1913 Webster ]
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
brittle ":
atrophied ,
breakable ,
brittle as glass ,
capricious ,
changeable ,
cheap -
jack ,
cobwebby ,
corruptible ,
crackable ,
crisp ,
crispy ,
crumbly ,
crump ,
crushable ,
dainty ,
deciduous ,
delicate ,
delicately weak ,
desiccated ,
dried -
up ,
dying ,
effeminate ,
emaciated ,
ephemeral ,
evanescent ,
fading ,
fickle ,
fissile ,
fleeting ,
flimsy ,
flitting ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
fracturable ,
fragile ,
frail ,
frangible ,
friable ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
gimcrack ,
gimcracky ,
gossamery ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inconstant ,
insecure ,
insubstantial ,
jerry ,
jerry -
built ,
lacerable ,
light ,
lightweight ,
momentary ,
mortal ,
mutable ,
namby -
pamby ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
papery ,
parchmenty ,
passing ,
pasteboardy ,
perishable ,
puny ,
scissile ,
sensitive ,
sere ,
shatterable ,
shattery ,
shivery ,
short -
lived ,
shriveled ,
shrunken ,
sissified ,
sleazy ,
slight ,
splintery ,
tacky ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
unstable ,
unsubstantial ,
volatile ,
vulnerable ,
wasted ,
weak ,
wilted ,
wispy ,
withered ,
wizened ,
womanish ,
wrinkled
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