flexile
/flek-sil or, especially British, -sahyl/US // ˈflɛk sɪl or, especially British, -saɪl //
灵活性,挠痒痒,挠头,挠性
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adj.形容词 adjective
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- : flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable.
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Examples
He lay in the Englishwoman's gentle arms—a little brown bundle of flexile limbs and cotton night-shirt.
On the former supposition, the ovipositor must be remarkably long and flexile to enable the animal to place the eggs on its back.
The wonder was it did not crack under the strain; but Northern ice ahs the air of being strangely flexile.
The throwing of an ax was a little matter to the sharp-eyed and flexile-muscled cave men.
As the flexile youth progressed, amazement gave place to indignation and then to disgust.
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