Elastic

(noun.) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material.

(adj.) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; 'an elastic band'; 'a youthful and elastic walk' .

(adj.) able to adjust readily to different conditions; 'an adaptable person'; 'a flexible personality'; 'an elastic clause in a contract' .

录入:帕特里斯

• He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The explanation of this well-known fact is found in a further study of the elastic balls (Fig. 170). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As her once elastic walk had become deadened by time, so had her natural pride of life been hindered in its blooming by her necessities. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Now Dalton's master had taught that the atoms of matter in a gas (elastic fluid) repel one another by a force increasing in proport ion as their distance diminishes. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Mrs. Micawber was quite as elastic. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Above all, the intellectual element in a habit fixes the relation of the habit to varied and elastic use, and hence to continued growth. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Believe me, sweet, I could weep to a degree that would astonish and confound such an elastic mind as yours. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• His spirits were elastic; his good-humour was restored. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• All about her seemed elastic; depression, fear, forlornness, were withdrawn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Vulcanization is simply the heating of the rubber mixed with sulphur--this causes a chemical change in the substance; it becomes tougher, more elastic and less affected by heat and cold. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The fact that air is elastic has added materially to the comfort of the world. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• If such a condition as failure of the pump to work for ten minutes had arisen during a descent in the old elastic diving dress the result must necessarily have been fatal. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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