| 单词 | brittle |
| 释义 | brittle adj. & n. --adj hard and fragile; apt to break. --n a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Phrases and idioms brittle-bone disease = OSTEOPOROSIS. brittle-star an echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, with long brittle arms radiating from a small central body. Derivatives brittlely adv. brittleness n. brittly adv. Etymology: ME ult. f. a Gmc root rel. to OE breotan break up |
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