frail

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A girl. dated,slang
    — She was the roughest, toughest frail, but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
  2. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
  3. Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
  4. Synonym of flail. England,dialectal,obsolete
    — The scythe, the sickle and the flail (or "frail", is it is invariably called) - these should surely be incorporated in the county arms, for on their use much of the prosperity of Essex has always rested until now.
  5. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
  6. A rush for weaving baskets.
动词 v.
  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
形容词 adj.
  1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
    — Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
  2. Weak; infirm.
    — Frail smoke of morning in the air and a sort of muffled hum that is not sound but is not silence either.
  3. In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
  4. Mentally fragile.
  5. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

词形变化

frailer comparative frailest superlative frails plural frails present,singular,third-person frailing participle,present frailed participle,past frailed past frails plural frails plural frails plural

词汇关系

衍生词
frailish frailly frailness frail sister frailsome lily-frail overfrail prefrail unfrail
相关词
fractal fraction fracture fragile fragility frailty

词源

词源 1
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
词源 2
From Middle English frayel, from Old French frael, fraiel, of unknown origin; possibly a dissimilatory variant of flael, flaiel (“flail”).
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