frail是什么意思？

frail

英[freɪl] 美[frel]

• adj. 脆弱的，虚弱的，意志薄弱的，不坚定的，易损的，易碎的；
• n. <美俚>少女，少妇，灯心草篓；

比较级：frailer;

最高级：frailest;

例句

• How thin it is, and how dainty and frail; and how it rattles. 你看它够多么薄, 多么精致,多么不结实; 还老那么哗楞哗楞地响.
• My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by. 随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱。
• Mother was becoming too frail to live alone. 母亲已逐渐衰弱到无法独居。
• The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school. 这个男孩身体虚弱,从不和同学们一起玩.
• The frail columns bear the architrave. 细弱的支柱支撑着框缘.
• The frail craft rocked as he clambered in. 他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail. 她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
• ...a bent, frail, old man. 一位孱弱的驼背老人

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词都含有"易碎的" 的意思
  brittle：指没有弹性或伸缩性的脆性材料，暗示受压或被扭曲时易碎。
  fragile：除指易碎外，还指人身体虚弱，动辄就得病。
  frail：多指人体虚弱，也指某物不耐用，易碎易损。
• 以下这些形容词均有"虚弱的，乏力的" 的意思
  weak：普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。
  feeble：指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。
  frail：多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
  fragile可与frail换用，但语气强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病，指物容易破碎。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  虚弱的;体弱的
  Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy.
  例句
  She lay in bed looking particularly frail. 她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
• ADJ-GRADED
  易碎的;易坏的
  Something that is frail is easily broken or damaged.
  例句
  The frail craft rocked as he clambered in. 他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
  2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
• Adjective
  1. physically weak;
  "an invalid's frail body"
  2. having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;
  "I'm only human""frail humanity"
  3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;
  "a kite too delicate to fly safely""fragile porcelain plates""fragile old bones""a frail craft"