音标:[freil] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 脆弱的, 虚弱的, 意志薄弱的
n. 少女, 少妇, 灯心草篓
n. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
n. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
a. physically weak
词型变化:名词复数形式 : frails ; 形容词比较级 : frailer ; 形容词最高级 : frailest
考试类型:[六级/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

frail的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I will not torment the emotionally frail.我再也不折磨情感脆弱的人了。
  2. Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail.监狱生命使脆弱的零售商在桶里有益于每只蜗牛。
  3. His frail hands could hardly hold a cup.他虚弱的手连杯子也拿不住。
  4. This frail child did not survive.这个身体虚弱的孩子没能活下来。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. The frail wooden bridge cracked.这座不牢固的木桥断裂了。
  2. They live in a frail shelter of leaves.他们居住在一个用树叶搭成的不结实的棚子里。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. She is now eighty, and becoming too frail to live alone.她今年80岁了,并且身体日益如此虚弱,以致不能单独生活。

词汇搭配

  • frail type瘦体型

经典引文

  • The leniency of one who felt himself to be but frail.

    出自:W. Irving
  • A child of the frail Abbess of Leominster.

    出自:E. A. Freeman
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