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单词 flexible drive
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flex /fleks/

transitive verb and intransitive verb
  1. To bend
  2. To contract (a muscle)
noun
  1. A bending
  2. A flexible cord or line, esp of insulated electrical cable
ORIGIN: L flectere, flexum to bend

flexibilˈity noun

flexˈible adjective

  1. Easily bent
  2. Pliant
  3. Adaptable
  4. Docile

flexˈibleness noun (rare)

flexˈibly adverb

flexˈile /-īl or (esp N American) -əl/ adjective

Flexible

flexion /flekˈshən/ noun

  1. A bend
  2. A fold
  3. The action of a flexor muscle
  4. Inflexion (grammar)

flexographˈic adjective

flexogˈraphy noun

(Gr graphein to write) (printed matter, esp on plastic, produced by) a method of rotary printing using flexible rubber plates and spirit-based inks

flexˈor noun

A muscle that bends a joint, opp to extensor

flexˈūose or flexˈūous adjective

  1. Full of windings and turnings
  2. Undulating

flexural /flekˈshər-əl/ adjective

flexˈure noun

  1. A bend or turning
  2. The curving of a line or surface (mathematics)
  3. The bending of loaded beams
  4. Obsequious bowing (Shakespeare)

flex'-fuel noun

A fuel consisting of a mixture of petrol and ethanol

adjective

Denoting an engine or vehicle that can run on such fuel or on either of two different kinds of fuel

flexible disk noun (computing)

A floppy disk

flexible drive noun

A means of conveying rotational motion along a flexible cable, or the cable itself

flex one's muscles

To cause the muscles of one's arms, shoulders, etc to contract, in order to display them, test them as a preliminary to a trial of strength, etc (often figurative)

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