supple

C1 FREQ #26849 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 柔软的, 逢迎的, 顺从的 vt. 使柔软, 使顺从

发音

UK /ˈsʌpəl/
US /ˈsʌpəl/
AU

词形变化

suppled supples 三单 supples suppling suppling 现在分词 suppled 过去式 suppled 过去分词 suppler 比较级 suppler supplest supplest 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make or become supple.

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

    及物
adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.

    柔软

  2. 2.

    Lithe and agile when moving and bending.

    supple joints

    supple fingers

  3. 3.

    Compliant; yielding to the will of others.

    比喻

    a supple horse

  4. 4.

    Smooth and drinkable.

    烹饪

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

change alter modify
形容词

同义词 6

limber lissom lissome lithe lithesome sinuous

近义相关 3

flexible graceful flexile

相关短语

supple jack supple jacks

词源

From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.

来源：wiktionary