malleable

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mal·le·a·ble /ˈmæliəbəl/ adjectiveadj

1 BEND technical something that is malleable is easy to press or pull into a new shape 有展延性的；可锻[压，拉]的

malleable steel

展性钢

2 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT formal someone who is malleable can be easily influenced or changed by other people 〔人〕易受影响的，易改变的，可塑的

a malleable child

一个易受影响的小孩

—malleability /ˌmæliəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

malleable• Nature is not inflexible but malleable.• Many metals are malleable and ductile.• The hull contained a mass of dissimilar metals: steel, cast and malleable iron, brass. bronze and lead.• A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet whereas a ductile metal can be drawn out into a wire.• While the synapse is only an inefficient chemical middleman in what are otherwise efficient electrical processes, it is a malleable middleman.• Instead, they designated Tran Trong Kim, a mild and malleable professor.• Labor activists say that although there are no legal age cutoffs, the industries prefer to hire young and malleable workers.

Origin malleable

(1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare “to hit with a hammer”

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