fragile

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

fragilermore fragile

Superlative

fragilestmost fragile

1.
Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.
The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.
2.
(figuratively)Readily disrupted or destroyed.
The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.
3.
(UK)Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
4.
(UK)Thin-skinned or oversensitive.
He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

fragiles

1.
Something that is fragile.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

breakablebreaklydestroyabledestructiblefriabledelicateflimsy

Trái nghĩa

durableindestructibleunbreakable undestroyableantifragile

Cùng gốc / liên quan

fragilelyfragile masculinityfragilenesswarmblood fragile foal syndromefragile X syndromefragilizationfragilizehyperfragilenonfragilesuperfragileultrafragileunfragilefractalfractionfractionalfracture fragility frailfrailtyfrangible

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (to break). Cognate with fraction, fracture and frail.