1. Flex : FLEX (fieks) v. To bend; as, to flex the arm 2. Flexible : FLEX ible (flek; si b’l) adj. Able to bend 3. Flexibility : FLEX ibility (flek si bil’ it ee) n. Quality of being able to bend 4. Flexile : FLEX ile (fiek’ sil) adj. ...
FLECTcomes fromflectere, the Latin verb meaning "to bend." The root sometimes takes the formflex-. Things that areflexiblecan be bent, and when youflexa muscle, you're usually bending a limb—which, as a trainer at the gym will tell you, requires the use offlexormuscles. FLECT来自拉丁语...
flect, flex= to bend 弯曲inflection pointUK [ɪnˈflekʃn pɔɪnt]US [ɪnˈflekʃn pɔɪnt]拐点;转折点The global economy is at an inflection point. 全球经济正处于一个拐点。inflectUK [ɪnˈflekt]US [ɪnˈflekt]...
flex (=bend:弯曲) +ible (容易) →容易弯曲的→灵活的,易弯曲的 词源: Early 15c., “capable of being bent; mentally or spiritually pliant,” from Middle French flexible or directly from Latin flexibilis “that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;” figuratively “tractable, inconstant,” ...
十一、词根 -ply,-ploy,-ploit,-pli,-plic,-plex,-flex,-play,-flect 可以表示“1. fold:折叠;重合;倍;2. work with/use:使用” apply [əˈplaɪ] vt. 应用;申请;涂,敷 941 词源: Late 14c., “join or combine (with); attach (to something), adhere,” from Old French aploiier “...
FLECT来自拉丁语动词flectere,意思是“弯曲”。词根有时采用flex-的形式。柔韧的东西可以弯曲,当你弯曲肌肉时,你通常是在弯曲肢体,正如健身房的教练告诉你的那样,这需要使用屈肌。 deflect[dɪˈflekt] v.偏转;转移;(尤指击中某物后)偏斜,转向,使偏斜,使转向;引开;阻止(某人做已决定做的事) ...