frail 音标拼音: [fr'el]
a . 脆弱的,虚弱的,意志薄弱的
n . 灯心草篓
脆弱的,虚弱的,意志薄弱的灯心草篓
frail adj 1 :
physically weak ; "
an invalid '
s frail body " [
ant :
{
robust }]
2 :
wanting in moral strength ,
courage ,
or will ;
having the attributes of man as opposed to e .
g .
divine beings ; "
I '
m only a fallible human "; "
frail humanity " [
synonym : {
fallible },
{
frail }, {
imperfect }, {
weak }]
3 :
easily broken or damaged or destroyed ; "
a kite too delicate to fly safely "; "
fragile porcelain plates "; "
fragile old bones "; "
a frail craft " [
synonym : {
delicate }, {
fragile }, {
frail }]
n 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 )
frail \
frail \,
a . [
Compar . {
frailer } (
fr [=
a ]
l "[~
e ]
r );
superl .
{
frailest }.] [
OE .
frele ,
freile ,
OF .
fraile ,
frele ,
F .
fr [^
e ]
le ,
fr .
L .
fragilis .
See {
Fragile }.]
1 .
Easily broken ;
fragile ;
not firm or durable ;
liable to fail and perish ;
easily destroyed ;
not tenacious of life ;
weak ;
infirm .
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That I may know how frail I am . --
Ps .
xxxix .
4 .
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An old bent man ,
worn and frail . --
Lowell .
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2 .
Tender . [
Obs .]
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Deep indignation and compassion frail . --
Spenser .
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3 .
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin ;
not strong against temptation ;
weak in resolution ;
also ,
unchaste ; --
often applied to fallen women .
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Man is frail ,
and prone to evil . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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frail \
frail \ (
fr [=
a ]
l ),
n . [
OE .
fraiel ,
fraile ,
OF .
fraiel ,
freel ,
frael ,
fr .
LL .
fraellum .]
A basket made of rushes ,
used chiefly for containing figs and raisins .
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2 .
The quantity of raisins --
about thirty -
two ,
fifty -
six ,
or seventy -
five pounds , --
contained in a frail .
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3 .
A rush for weaving baskets . --
Johnson .
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218 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frail ":
Adamic ,
Adamite ,
Adamitic ,
abulic ,
afraid ,
ailing ,
airy ,
anthropocentric ,
anthropological ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
backsliding ,
boyish ,
breakable ,
brittle ,
brittle as glass ,
cachectic ,
capricious ,
carnal ,
changeable ,
cheap -
jack ,
cobwebby ,
consumptive ,
corruptible ,
cowardly ,
crackable ,
crippled ,
crisp ,
crispy ,
crumbly ,
crushable ,
dainty ,
debilitated ,
deciduous ,
decrepit ,
delicate ,
delicately weak ,
diaphanous ,
diluted ,
drained ,
dying ,
earthy ,
effeminate ,
enervated ,
ephemeral ,
erring ,
ethereal ,
evanescent ,
exhausted ,
fading ,
failing ,
faint ,
fainthearted ,
fallen ,
feeble ,
feebleminded ,
fickle ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
finite ,
fissile ,
fleeting ,
fleshly ,
flimsy ,
flitting ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
foible ,
fracturable ,
fragile ,
frailty ,
frangible ,
friable ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
gauzy ,
gimcrack ,
gimcracky ,
girlish ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
gracile ,
healthless ,
hominal ,
homocentric ,
human ,
humanistic ,
ill ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
impure ,
in poor health ,
inconstant ,
infirm ,
insubstantial ,
invalid ,
invertebrate ,
jerry ,
jerry -
built ,
lacerable ,
lacy ,
languishing ,
lapsed ,
light ,
lightweight ,
man -
centered ,
misty ,
momentary ,
moribund ,
mortal ,
mutable ,
namby -
pamby ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
of easy virtue ,
only human ,
pale ,
papery ,
passing ,
pasteboardy ,
peaked ,
peaky ,
peccable ,
perishable ,
petty ,
phthisic ,
pliable ,
poorly ,
postlapsarian ,
prodigal ,
puny ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
recidivist ,
recidivistic ,
reduced ,
reduced in health ,
run -
down ,
scissile ,
scrawny ,
shatterable ,
shattery ,
shivery ,
short -
lived ,
sick ,
sickly ,
sissified ,
skinny ,
sleazy ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
small ,
spineless ,
splintery ,
subtle ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
tacky ,
tellurian ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
unangelic ,
unchaste ,
unclean ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
ungodly ,
ungood ,
unhealthy ,
unrighteous ,
unsaintly ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unsubstantial ,
unvirtuous ,
unwell ,
vague ,
valetudinarian ,
valetudinary ,
vice ,
virtueless ,
volatile ,
vulnerable ,
wanton ,
wasp -
waisted ,
wasting away ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
wayward ,
weak ,
weak -
kneed ,
weak -
minded ,
weak -
willed ,
weakened ,
weakly ,
willowy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy ,
with low resistance ,
womanish
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