duc·tile /ˈdʌktḷ, ˌtaɪl/
(a.)易延展的,柔軟的,易教導的
duc·tile /ˈdəktḷ, ˌtaɪl/ 形容詞
延伸性的
Duc·tile a.
1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
Forms their ductile minds
To human virtues. --Philips.
2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden.
-- Duc*tile*ly adv. -- Duc*tile*ness, n.
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ductile
adj 1: easily influenced [syn: malleable]
2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: malleable, pliable,
pliant, tensile, tractile]