| 释义 |
yieldy, a. rare.|ˈjiːldɪ|
[f. yield n. or v. + -y1.]
a. Productive, fertile.
b. Having the quality of yielding or giving way physically. Hence ˈyieldiness.
1598Chapman Iliad v. [ix.] 92 Of the most fat and yeeldie soile. 1757tr. Henckel's Pyritologia 42 Themselves containing nothing of the noble metals, yet mixed with other ores..prove yieldy. 1857Mayne Reid War-Trail xiii, A..serpentine yieldiness of movement. 1933Amer. Speech VIII. i. 53/2 That 'ar west bottom never was much yieldy, nohow. yien |