Noun:
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
Adjective:
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;brittle bones
glass is brittle
`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit;a brittle and calculating woman
of metal or glass not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fracturedbrittle，fragile，frail这些形容词都含有“易碎的”之意。
brittle指没有弹性或伸缩性的脆性材料，暗示受压或被扭曲时易碎。
fragile除指易碎外，还指人身体虚弱，动辄就得病。
frail多指人体虚弱，也指某物不耐用，易碎易损。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词brittle friendship不牢固的友谊brittle glass易碎的玻璃
近义词 weak弱的hard硬的crisp脆的stiff硬的frail脆弱的toffy太妃糖brickle脆的toffee太妃糖fragile易碎的crumbly易碎的brickly易碎的delicate微妙的frangible脆弱的breakable易破碎的inelastic无弹性的unannealed未退火的未焖火的…
用作形容词(adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Brittle things are easy to break.脆的东西易碎。
It was a brittle humour.这是个没有人情味的幽默。
用作表语
S+be+～Glass is brittle.玻璃易碎。
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The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰。