| 单词 | malleable |
| 释义 | malleable (once / 9078 pages) adj A malleable personality is capable of being changed or trained, and a malleable metal is able to be pounded or pressed into various shapes. It's easier to learn when you're young and malleable. Similarly, there are ductile metals that can be hammered out into wire or thread; gold, silver, and platinum are examples. The adjective malleable dates back to Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre "to hammer," from Latin malleus "a hammer." WORD FAMILYmalleable: malleability, malleably, unmalleable+/mallee: malleable, mallees/unmalleable: unmalleability USAGE EXAMPLESSome Federalists thought the non-ideological Burr would be more malleable. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “Either you are living or you are not. Everything else is molten, malleable.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) It becomes a kind of malleable substance instead of being metal. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out malleable metals such as gold Syn ductile, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile formed having or given a form or shape 2adj easily influenced Syn ductile manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
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