frail
英 [freɪl]
美 [frel]
- adj. 脆弱的；虛弱的
- n. 燈心草簍；少婦；少女
助記提示
1. flail, frail: 打穀子用扁擔，l 是扁擔、連蓋，r像一朵花，花脆弱.
2. frail (源自fragile，g 被省略)脆弱，虛弱的。
3. ail => frail.
4. fr- + ail => frail.
中文詞源
frail 易碎的縮寫自拉丁語fragilis, 易碎的，詞源同fragile.
英文詞源
- frail (adj.)
- mid-14c., "morally weak," from Old French fraile, frele "weak, frail, sickly, infirm" (12c., Modern French frêle), from Latin fragilis "easily broken" (see fragility). It is the Frenchified form of fragile. Sense of "easily destroyed, liable to break" in English is from late 14c. The U.S. slang noun meaning "a woman" is attested from 1908; perhaps with awareness of Shakespeare's "Frailty, thy name is woman."
雙語例句
- 1. The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.
- 他爬進來的時候，那件易碎的工藝品搖晃起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
- 母親已逐漸衰弱到無法獨居。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school.
- 這個男孩身體虛弱,從不和同學們一起玩.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
- 隨著時間的流逝，我的祖母變得日益傷感和虛弱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
- 她躺在床上，看上去特別虛弱。
來自辭典例句