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brittle 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 易碎的, 脆弱的, 易坏的

[机] 脆的, 脆性的, 易碎的

英文释义

n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

s. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

s. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit

s. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

brittle 的真实例句

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Rather, the argument is that a force designed predominantly around the F-35 is a brittle force.

—— F-35 is built for the wrong war

Distance should then be compensated for, either with standoff weapons or with tankers, and both are brittle.

—— F-35 is built for the wrong war

Depending on how brittle or soft the hardened poly was, we’d break out the chainsaw.

—— Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed

All along the road, trees raised their scrawny hands, white-knuckled against the brittle sky.

—— “Stick Season”

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