英语词汇“frangible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's frangible is breakable. You might scold your little sister, "Hey, don't throw that plate like a Frisbee! It's frangible!"

Frangible things can be broken, and they're especially likely to be described this way if they're brittle or crumbly. If your pizza crust is thin, crisp and cracker-like, you can call it frangible. The pages of a very old book you find in your attic might also be frangible. More figuratively, you could describe your easily injured feelings as frangible too. The Latin root is frangere, which means "to break."

WORD FAMILY

frangible: frangibility, frangibleness, infrangible+/infrangible: infrangibly

USAGE EXAMPLES

A frangible bullet breaks into smaller pieces when it strikes an object harder than it.

Salon(Feb 07, 2016)

As many of these frangible moments tend to do, it became a rather expensive decision, trying not to be late for the dinner.

Forbes(Dec 29, 2014)

To minimise danger to passers-by, he says his gun is loaded with frangible ammunition, which would be of no danger after exiting an assailant's body.

BBC(Aug 12, 2014)

adj capable of being broken

the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases

Syn

breakable

capable of being broken or damaged

单词	frangible
释义	frangible (once / 85032 pages) adj Something that's frangible is breakable. You might scold your little sister, "Hey, don't throw that plate like a Frisbee! It's frangible!" Frangible things can be broken, and they're especially likely to be described this way if they're brittle or crumbly. If your pizza crust is thin, crisp and cracker-like, you can call it frangible. The pages of a very old book you find in your attic might also be frangible. More figuratively, you could describe your easily injured feelings as frangible too. The Latin root is frangere, which means "to break." WORD FAMILY frangible: frangibility, frangibleness, infrangible+/infrangible: infrangibly USAGE EXAMPLES A frangible bullet breaks into smaller pieces when it strikes an object harder than it. Salon(Feb 07, 2016) As many of these frangible moments tend to do, it became a rather expensive decision, trying not to be late for the dinner. Forbes(Dec 29, 2014) To minimise danger to passers-by, he says his gun is loaded with frangible ammunition, which would be of no danger after exiting an assailant's body. BBC(Aug 12, 2014) adj capable of being broken the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases Syn breakable capable of being broken or damaged
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