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词汇 malleable
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Definition of malleable in English:

malleable

adjective ˈmalɪəb(ə)lˈmæljəb(ə)l
  • 1(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.

    (金属等)延展性的;可锤展的;可压制的

    a malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gold is soft enough to scratch with a fingernail, and the most malleable of metals.
    • In certain applications, however, malleable iron has a distinct advantage.
    • Wet wool is quite malleable in terms of size, and you can get it to dry up or down a bit just by handling it properly.
    • He found that leather, highly malleable and easy to dye, was actually an ideal material for realistic sculpture.
    • The metal of the pillar has been found to be almost pure malleable iron.
    • Gold is malleable and does not fracture as it is tumbled about in running water.
    • You might want to buy a cheap but malleable silver ring to practice on, or maybe a couple of them.
    • Industrial and commercial fittings are made from galvanized steel, cast iron, or malleable steel.
    • Nickell seems inspired by the malleable qualities of materials.
    • The white irons of suitable composition can be annealed to give malleable cast iron.
    • The hilt of the blade is designed to hug the wrist, made of a lightweight, thin malleable metal for ease of wear.
    • All implants are quickly inserted while the cement is malleable to allow proper positioning.
    • Neodymium is a soft, malleable metal that can be cut and shaped fairly easily.
    • Because gold is malleable and soft it tends to get pounded into little pancakes or smeared out in the crushing and milling equipment labs use.
    • This malleable food source can be baked, dried in the sun, or mashed with water to form a porridge.
    • This allows the clay to form a malleable material.
    • He produced a far greater range of objects that more interestingly exploit the malleable substance.
    • I envied how the material was so malleable compared to wood and that one could get so close to it.
    • Palladium is a relatively soft, silver-white metal that is both malleable and ductile.
    • Gold is extremely malleable, and highly conductive, which is why they make circuits out of it.
    Synonyms
    pliable, ductile, plastic, pliant, soft, workable, shapable, mouldable, tractile, tensile
    1. 1.1 Easily influenced; pliable.
      〈喻〉易受影响的;顺从的
      they are as malleable and easily led as sheep
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nothing survived of the malleable personality that so impressed us formerly.
      • These are not entirely manageable or malleable cultural instruments the way that feudal institutions were.
      • It scares people and people who are scared are more malleable, more easily led.
      • But Anna is sexually malleable and could easily be taken advantage of by an unscrupulous dominant.
      • But the rather malleable populace here seems to be quite pleased at this governmental largesse.
      • And be aware of what may be imprinted on our impressionable and malleable children in their formative years by the people to whom we expose them.
      • Language is malleable and suggests change already.
      • It just goes to show how malleable women are when there's the slightest suggestion of beauty and youth.
      • The eager crowd are easily malleable in the Lady's gaze.
      • They were there with their control collar ready to make me malleable to their malign manipulations.
      • As intensity is the urgency in her work, form is the malleable substance.
      • Sinclair gives the impression of being malleable, like he bears the print of whoever was last sitting on him.
      • Sometimes, however, these natives can be a tad too malleable and easily persuaded by those in their inner circle.
      • Bones are shifting, hormones are flying all about, neural processes are still plastic and malleable and highly susceptible to influence.
      • Rather, research suggests that memories are malleable and reconstructed from a person's current remembering context.
      • I hardly think that the youth of the future are waiting for malleable faculty to lead them by the hand to willing computers.
      • The varying opinions suggest that the laureateship is both a malleable thing and a work in progress.
      Synonyms
      easily influenced, suggestible, susceptible, impressionable, amenable, cooperative, adaptable, compliant, pliable, tractable, accommodating
      biddable, docile, obedient, complaisant, manageable, manipulable, persuadable, governable, influenceable, like putty in someone's hands

Derivatives

  • malleability

  • noun malɪəˈbɪlɪtiˌmæl(j)əˈbɪlədi
    • The cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has been vilified for publishing groundbreaking data on the malleability of memory.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We will discuss the malleability of human nature.
      • The malleability of identity itself proves a constant theme.
      • The Inca, by contrast, valued ‘plasticity, malleability, and toughness.’
      • But first, there's a musical to put on that, for all its pedigree and malleability, remains very '70s and very showbiz.
  • malleably

  • adverb
    • By the end of the song they all malleably mesh back together.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But there are still a few people out there - again, mostly college freshmen who alternate between being malleably impressionable and totally high.
      • My heart gave in malleably like a raw piece of argil to the tender touch of his love.
      • But academic ability and/or intelligence is both spikier and more malleably constructed than such an analogy allows.
      • Subsequently, the crop spread around Europe and Asia where it malleably transformed into the many cruciferous crops we know today.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'able to be hammered'): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus 'a hammer'.

Definition of malleable in US English:

malleable

adjectiveˈmæljəb(ə)lˈmalyəb(ə)l
  • 1(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking.

    (金属等)延展性的;可锤展的;可压制的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He produced a far greater range of objects that more interestingly exploit the malleable substance.
    • Gold is malleable and does not fracture as it is tumbled about in running water.
    • Palladium is a relatively soft, silver-white metal that is both malleable and ductile.
    • This allows the clay to form a malleable material.
    • Gold is extremely malleable, and highly conductive, which is why they make circuits out of it.
    • The hilt of the blade is designed to hug the wrist, made of a lightweight, thin malleable metal for ease of wear.
    • I envied how the material was so malleable compared to wood and that one could get so close to it.
    • This malleable food source can be baked, dried in the sun, or mashed with water to form a porridge.
    • The white irons of suitable composition can be annealed to give malleable cast iron.
    • The metal of the pillar has been found to be almost pure malleable iron.
    • You might want to buy a cheap but malleable silver ring to practice on, or maybe a couple of them.
    • Industrial and commercial fittings are made from galvanized steel, cast iron, or malleable steel.
    • In certain applications, however, malleable iron has a distinct advantage.
    • Because gold is malleable and soft it tends to get pounded into little pancakes or smeared out in the crushing and milling equipment labs use.
    • Gold is soft enough to scratch with a fingernail, and the most malleable of metals.
    • He found that leather, highly malleable and easy to dye, was actually an ideal material for realistic sculpture.
    • Wet wool is quite malleable in terms of size, and you can get it to dry up or down a bit just by handling it properly.
    • Nickell seems inspired by the malleable qualities of materials.
    • All implants are quickly inserted while the cement is malleable to allow proper positioning.
    • Neodymium is a soft, malleable metal that can be cut and shaped fairly easily.
    Synonyms
    pliable, ductile, plastic, pliant, soft, workable, shapable, mouldable, tractile, tensile
    1. 1.1 Easily influenced; pliable.
      〈喻〉易受影响的;顺从的
      Anna was shaken enough to be malleable
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bones are shifting, hormones are flying all about, neural processes are still plastic and malleable and highly susceptible to influence.
      • It just goes to show how malleable women are when there's the slightest suggestion of beauty and youth.
      • It scares people and people who are scared are more malleable, more easily led.
      • But the rather malleable populace here seems to be quite pleased at this governmental largesse.
      • The eager crowd are easily malleable in the Lady's gaze.
      • Sometimes, however, these natives can be a tad too malleable and easily persuaded by those in their inner circle.
      • They were there with their control collar ready to make me malleable to their malign manipulations.
      • But Anna is sexually malleable and could easily be taken advantage of by an unscrupulous dominant.
      • The varying opinions suggest that the laureateship is both a malleable thing and a work in progress.
      • I hardly think that the youth of the future are waiting for malleable faculty to lead them by the hand to willing computers.
      • Nothing survived of the malleable personality that so impressed us formerly.
      • Rather, research suggests that memories are malleable and reconstructed from a person's current remembering context.
      • And be aware of what may be imprinted on our impressionable and malleable children in their formative years by the people to whom we expose them.
      • Sinclair gives the impression of being malleable, like he bears the print of whoever was last sitting on him.
      • These are not entirely manageable or malleable cultural instruments the way that feudal institutions were.
      • As intensity is the urgency in her work, form is the malleable substance.
      • Language is malleable and suggests change already.
      Synonyms
      easily influenced, suggestible, susceptible, impressionable, amenable, cooperative, adaptable, compliant, pliable, tractable, accommodating

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.

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