brittle
adj. 易碎的; 難以相處的,尖刻暴躁的; 冷淡的; 聲音尖利的
An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
Pine is brittle and breaks.
松樹很脆,容易折斷。
...the dry, brittle ends of the hair.
又幹又脆的髮梢
If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone's mood as brittle, you mean that it is unstable, and may easily change.
These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle...
這些事件表明北愛爾蘭的和平仍然很脆弱。
This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
這也許會火上澆油,破壞當前脆弱不穩的休戰局面。
Someone who is brittle seems rather sharp and insensitive and says things which are likely to hurt other people's feelings.
...Noel Coward's brittle comedy of bad manners.
諾埃爾·科沃德尖銳嘲諷無禮舉止的喜劇
A brittle sound is short, loud, and sharp.
Myrtle gave a brittle laugh.
默特爾冷笑了一聲。
1. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;
2. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit;
3. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
brittle, fragile, frail
這些形容詞都含有"易碎的"之意。
Application: suitable for brittle material, potato chips, crispy rice, apple, jelly, etc.
適用範圍: 適合於易碎物料:薯片, 鍋巴, 蘋果片, 果凍等.
Brittle things break easily.
脆的東西容易破碎.
Concrete is a brittle material, so its compressive strength is high, but tensile is low.
混凝土是一種脆性材料, 抗壓強度高, 而抗拉強度則較低.
Fortune is as brittle as glass.
運氣和玻璃一樣易碎.
It is very difficult that using common cutting machines the hard and brittle metal.
硬脆金屬材料採用普通切削加工相當困難.