flexible

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/|/ˈflɛk.sə.bəl/    /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/|/ˈflɛk.sə.bəl/|/ˈflek.sɪ.bəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that is flexible.
    — Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
    — When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.
  2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
    — Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]
  3. Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
    — You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
  4. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
    — a flexible language

词形变化

more flexible comparative most flexible superlative flexibles plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.
词源 2
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.
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