supple
Pliant, flexible, easy to bendPliant, flexible, easy to bend.
» Through the practice of yoga, the students’ bodies became more supple.
Значение
значений: 4Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
geschmeidig
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
supple joints
supple fingers
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
(переносно)Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
a supple horse
Smooth and drinkable.
Примеры
предложений: 5Through the practice of yoga, the students’ bodies became more supple.
My body is not as supple as it once was.
Моё тело уже не такое гибкое, каким было когда-то.
The supple stave slid gracefully through the opening.
The author's language is vivid, supple and nuanced.
deDie Sprache des Autors ist plastisch, geschmeidig und nuanciert.
She claimed that yoga could make anyone's body supple.
Переводы
языков: 4По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), froFrom Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.
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Формы
suppler, supplestСинонимы
синонимов: 6Однокоренные
связанных слов: 5Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень