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

单词	supple
释义	sup·ple I. \ˈsəpəl, ÷ˈsüp-\ adjective (usually suppler \-p(ə)lə(r\ ; usually supplest \-p(ə)lə̇st\) Etymology: Middle English souple, from Old French, yielding, pliant, from Latin supplic-, supplex submissive, suppliant, literally, bending under, from sub- + -plic- (akin to plicare to fold) — more at ply 1. a. : characterized by suggestibility, yielding compliance, or complaisance often to the point of being artfully or servilely obsequious b. : characterized by ready adaptability to new situations, flexibility, and responsiveness < the supple spirit is hidden under an external directness and rough assertion — Hilaire Belloc > 2. a. : characterized by an ability to bend, twist, or fold without creases, cracks, breaks, or other injuries : pliant, soft, and yielding in texture < supple leather > b. : characterized by ease and readiness in bending or other actions and often by grace and agility : not stiff and awkward c. : easy and fluent without stiffness, awkwardness, or turgidity < sang with a lively, supple voice — Douglas Watt > < his painting … is remarkably supple in line and pattern — R.M.Coates > 3. Scotland : sly, cunning Synonyms: limber, lithe, lithesome, lissome: supple suggests easy flexibility of musculature, excellent coordination, and light, free, unlabored movement; in extended uses it suggests easy, resilient, graceful movement or flow < mere manual labor stiffens the limbs, gymnastic exercises render them supple — Richard Jefferies > < in good condition, — not fat, like grass-fed cattle, but trim and supple, like deer — John Burroughs > < his use of language is always expert. Serviceable, supple, it is capable of a variety of effects — Dayton Kohler > limber may stress the fact of easy flexibility facilitating ready motion < keeping his players limber during the off-season > < accustomed to mountain climbing, limber and agile > lithe suggests supple, slender, nimble grace < the jungle and the wilderness lurked in the uplift and downput of his feet. He was cat-footed, and lithe — Jack London > < a lithe movement of her apparently boneless little figure — F. Tennyson Jesse > lithesome may suggest agile vigor < the warlike carriage of the men, and their strong, lithesome, resolute step — A.W.Kinglake > lissome suggests light feminine graceful bearing or activity < the lissome ladies who make their living modeling the latest French fashions — Time > < she only wanted wings to fly away, easy and light and lissome — J.C.Ransom > Synonym: see in addition flexible. II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English souplen, from souple supple *transitive verb* 1. : to reduce the resoluteness or violence of : make pacific or complaisant < mollify the hearts and supple the tempers of your race — Laurence Sterne > 2. obsolete : to soothe or alleviate by application of a salve 3. : to make supple : treat so as to make flexible or plaint < the rawhide was worn and suppled into a fair grade of dry tan leather — H.L.Davis > *intransitive verb* archaic : to become soft, pliant, or complaisant
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