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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • adj.伸屈自如的
  • [英] adj.伸屈自如的 ( readily adaptable or responsive to new situations)
  • [记] 可能是supplicate ( 恳求、求饶) 的变体
  • [同] 派生词: suppleness (n. 柔软)

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (suppler; supplest)

  • Etymology: Middle English souple, from Anglo-French suple, from Latin supplic-, supplex entreating for mercy, supplicant, perhaps from sub- + -plic- (akin to plicare to fold) — more at ply
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1.
    • a. compliant often to the point of obsequiousness
    • b. readily adaptable or responsive to new situations
  • 2.
    • a. capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks ; pliant <supple leather>
    • b. able to perform bending or twisting movements with ease ; limber <supple legs of a dancer>
    • c. easy and fluent without stiffness or awkwardness <sang with a lively, supple voice — Douglas Watt>
  • Synonyms: see elastic
  • ? supplely or supply adverb
  • ? suppleness noun

II. verb (suppled; suppling)

  • Date: 14th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to make pacific or complaisant <supple the tempers of your race — Laurence Sterne>
    • 2. to alleviate with a salve
    • 3. to make flexible or pliant
  • intransitive verb
    • to become soft and pliant


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