supple英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To make or become supple. ambitransitive

— The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. transitive

— They should supple our stiff wilfulness.

形容词 adj.

Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.

— Global supply chains, meanwhile, have grown both tighter and more supple since the late 1990s—the result of improving information technology and of freer trade—making routine work easier to relocate.
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.

— supple joints
Compliant; yielding to the will of others. figuratively

— a supple horse
Smooth and drinkable.

词形变化

suppler comparative supplest superlative supples present,singular,third-person suppling participle,present suppled participle,past suppled past

词汇关系

衍生词

supplejack supplely suppleness supply unsupple unsuppled

词源

词源 1

From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.

词源 2

From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.