elastic adj. 1.有彈力[彈性]的。 2.伸縮自如的,靈活的。 3.機變的,輕快的。 an elastic body 彈性體。 elastic braces 松緊吊褲帶。 elastic force 彈力。 an elastic principle 靈活性的原則。 elastic ribbon 松緊帶。 an elastic temperament 開朗的性格。 n. 橡皮線,松緊帶,橡皮圈。 adv. -ally
The haskell was made by winding hundreds of feet of elastic thread on to a central core . it was then coated with gutta percha 這種橡膠中空球是將幾百英尺的彈性線以同心纏繞成的球體,然后用橡膠涂層。
When it is impossible to stretch the elastic thread of historical argument further , when an action is plainly opposed to what all humanity is agreed in calling right and justice , the historians take refuge in the conception of greatness 每當(dāng)歷史提到這些富有彈性的線延伸得不能再延伸的時候,每當(dāng)那種行為與人類稱作善良,甚至稱作正義,已明顯相違背時,歷史學(xué)家們就乞救“偉大”這個詞的概念。