supple

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

suppler

Superlative

supplest

1.
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
2.
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
supple joints
supple fingers
3.
(figuratively)Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
a supple horse
4.
(wine) Smooth and drinkable.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

supples

V_ing/Gerund

suppling

V_ed/pp

suppled

1.
(ambitransitive)To make or become supple.
2.
(transitive)To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

supplely supply unsupple supplejack suppleness

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Nguồn gốc từ

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