sup·ple /ˈsʌpəl ||ˈsu-/
(a.)柔軟的,逢迎的,順從的(vt.)使柔軟,使順從
Sup·ple a.
1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. --Locke.
3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Syn: -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.
Sup·ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling ]
1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. --Spenser.
2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. --Locke.
They should supple our stiff willfulness. --Barrow.
Sup·ple, v. i. To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . .
Suppled into softness as they fell. --Dryden.
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supple
adj 1: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome,
lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte,
sylphlike]
2: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a
supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber]
3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending
freely [syn: limber]
v : make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled
by frequent use"