pliant

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
    — a pliant thread
  2. Easily influenced; tractable. figuratively
    — I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]

词形变化

more pliant comparative most pliant superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonpliant pliantly pliantness unpliant

词源

From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).
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