Plasticity



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 可塑性
• ［英］ n. 可塑性 ( capacity for being molded or altered)
• ［类］ dormant : inactivity / malleable : plasticity ( 休眠的具有不活动性 / 可塑的具有可塑性) 反义词: rigidity ( 坚硬, 刻板)
• ［记］ plast ( 塑造) +ic -> 可塑的

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: circa 1783
• 1. the quality or state of being plastic; especially capacity for being molded or altered
• 2. the ability to retain a shape attained by pressure deformation
• 3. the capacity of organisms with the same genotype to vary in developmental pattern, in phenotype, or in behavior according to varying environmental conditions
• 4. the capacity for continuous alteration of the neural pathways and synapses of the living brain and nervous system in response to experience or injury

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