The brittle glass shattered into pieces when it hit the ground.
当它落到地面时，易碎的玻璃碎成了碎片。
Old leaves become dry and brittle in the fall.
秋天，老叶子变得又干又脆。
Her voice was brittle as she tried not to cry.
她强忍着不哭，声音听起来很脆弱。
Cold weather can make plastic brittle.
寒冷的天气会让塑料变脆。
Select the best synonym for the word “brittle”:
C — fragile. “brittle” means adj. hard but liable to break or shatter easily
In harsh winter conditions, the thin ice covering the lake can be quite ____.
B — brittle. “brittle” means adj. hard but liable to break or shatter easily
brittle — adj. hard but liable to break or shatter easily. In Chinese: adj. 易碎的，脆弱的.
brittle is pronounced /ˈbrɪtl/. It breaks into 2 syllables: brit · tle.
“brittle” means hard but liable to break or shatter easily. Examples: (1) The brittle glass shattered into pieces when it hit the ground. (2) Old leaves become dry and brittle in the fall. (3) Her voice was brittle as she tried not to cry. (4) Cold weather can make plastic brittle.
fragile, breakable, delicate, crisp — all close in meaning to brittle (adj. hard but liable to break or shatter easily).
Yes. brittle appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 800+ words for the ISEE and SSAT.
From Old English, main mnemonic image ''brittle'' like ''glass'' (glass), both having the quality of being fragile.