frail

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
frailer
Superlative
frailest
  1. 1.

    Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.

  2. 2.

    Weak; infirm.

  3. 3.

    (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.

  4. 4.

    Mentally fragile.

  5. 5.

    Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
frails
  1. 1.

    (dated, slang)A girl.

  2. 2.

    A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

  3. 3.

    The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.

  4. 4.

    A rush for weaving baskets.

  5. 5.

    Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).

    Đồng nghĩa: farasola

  6. 6.

    (England, dialectal, obsolete)Synonym of flail.

    Đồng nghĩa: flail

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
frails
V_ing/Gerund
frailing
V_ed/pp
frailed
  1. 1.

    To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

farasolaflail

Cùng gốc / liên quan

frailishfraillyfrailnessfrail sisterfrailsomeoverfrailprefrailunfraillily-frail

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and fragile.

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