Значение

значений: 6
  1. (устаревшее, сленг)A girl.

  2. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

    a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

  3. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.

  4. A rush for weaving baskets.

  5. Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).

  6. (England, диалектное, устаревшее)Synonym of flail.

Примеры

предложений: 20
  1. Tom is old and frail.

  2. Tom was old and frail.

  3. He's become frail in his old age.

    Он стал хилым в старости.

  4. The elderly woman was frail but feisty.

    Пожилая женщина была хрупкой, но энергичной.

  5. My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful and frail.

    Моя бабушка постепенно становилась забывчивой и слабой.

    deMeine Großmutter wurde allmählich vergesslich und gebrechlich.

Происхождение

From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to

From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.

From Middle English frayel, from Old French frael, fraiel, of unknown origin; possibly a dissimilatory variant of flael, flaiel (“flail”).

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Формы

мн. число: frails
Ед. числоfrail
Мн. числоfrails

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 2

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соседние слова
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