单词	pliable
释义	pliablepli‧a‧ble /ˈplaɪəbəl/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINpliable Origin: 1400-1500 Old French plier; ➔ PLIERS Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES High quality leather is firm yet pliable. The clay should be moistened regularly to keep it soft and pliable. The system helps make workers more pliable to the demands made by management. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Important legal concepts are pliable moulds, into which different creations can be poured. Instead, I was a pliable, compliant inhabitant of a world of vague feelings and limited comprehension. It's what makes your hair bouncy and pliable. It might be merely that they were too used to inflexible fact and far too unused to pliable people. The physiotherapist usually starts by mobilizing the shoulder girdle, moving it passively in all directions, to make it perfectly pliable. Thesaurus THESAURUS► soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press: · a soft mattress· Her skin was lovely and soft.· soft ground ► tender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked: · The beef was very tender.· Cook the carrots until tender. ► soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground: · soggy cabbage· a piece of soggy bread· The ground was too soggy to walk on. ► squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it: · squishy tomatoes· The leaves were squishy under our feet. ► squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable: · The peaches have gone all squashy.· a big squashy sofa ► mushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long: · mushy pieces of banana· a few mushy carrots ► spongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge: · a spongy foam· a spongy loaf· His boots sank into the spongy soil. ► springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on: · springy turf (=grass)· Her hair felt lovely and springy. ► pliable used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking: · The clay was still pliable and not too dry. ► yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it: · yielding flesh ► soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press: · a soft mattress· Her skin was lovely and soft.· soft ground ► tender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked: · The beef was very tender.· Cook the carrots until tender. ► soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground: · soggy cabbage· a piece of soggy bread· The ground was too soggy to walk on. ► squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it: · squishy tomatoes· The leaves were squishy under our feet. ► squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable: · The peaches have gone all squashy.· a big squashy sofa ► mushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long: · mushy pieces of banana· a few mushy carrots ► spongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge: · a spongy foam· a spongy loaf· His boots sank into the spongy soil. ► springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on: · springy turf (=grass)· Her hair felt lovely and springy. ► pliable used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking: · The clay was still pliable and not too dry. ► yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it: · yielding flesh Longman Language Activatoreasy to bend► flexible something that is flexible is able to bend easily or can be bent easily, especially because it has been made like this to do a particular job: · The better tennis racquets are made out of tough but extremely flexible graphite.· Designers have come up with a technique for making skis more flexible. ► pliable able to bend without breaking or cracking: · High quality leather is firm yet pliable. 1able to bend without breaking or cracking:  a shoe made of soft pliable leather2easily influenced and controlled by other people:  Senior officials would have preferred a more pliable government.—pliability /ˌplaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
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