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TOEFL BNC: 14493 COCA: 14678

supple

Word family 
sup·ple /ˈsʌpəl/ adjectiveadj  
1  BENDsomeone who is supple bends and moves easily and gracefully 〔身体〕柔软的，灵活的 OPP stiff
 She exercises every day to keep herself supple.
她每天锻炼以保持身体柔韧。
2. BENDleather, skin, wood etc that is supple is soft and bends easily 〔皮革、皮肤、木料等〕柔软易弯的；柔韧的
—suppleness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
supple• Exercise will help keep your joints and muscles supple.• But her writing was also growing slightly more supple.• Only one small, white-highlighted ripple showed where the supple arrow of his body had pierced the water.• A slice of black bread, supple as cardboard.• Stoked by heat, they said, the thick layer of rock known as the mantle could be supple enough to flow.• Sometimes there was a new seriousness, the supple posture of childhood exchanged for squared shoulders and a stiff spine.• These minute, supple spheres rest invisibly on the surface of the skin.• The most important thing is to be supple, to be flexible.
Origin supple
(1200-1300) Old French souple, from Latin supplex “bending under, willing to obey”
sup·ple adjectiveadj
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TOEFL BNC: 14493 COCA: 14678
supple

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be, feel, look柔韌；感覺柔韌；看上去柔韌◇The cream leaves your skin feeling soft and supple.這種護膚霜令你的肌膚柔嫩有彈性。➤become, get變得靈活◇He was gradually getting more supple.他的身體逐漸可以活動自如了。➤keep, remain, stay保持柔韌◇exercises that will help you to keep supple有助於保持身體柔韌的鍛煉➤make sth使⋯柔韌◇a cream that is used on dry skins to make them soft and supple能令乾燥皮膚柔嫩有彈性的護膚霜➤keep sth使⋯保持靈活◇You must exercise your joints to keep them supple.你必須鍛煉關節以保持其靈活性。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常柔韌PHRASES➤soft and supple柔軟有彈性
TOEFL BNC: 14493 COCA: 14678
supple adj.
⇨ flexible 2
TOEFL BNC: 14493 COCA: 14678
supple
Describing graceful movements: graceful, smooth, fluid...
Able to be bent, stretched or pressed: flexible, yielding, pliable...
The ability to be bent, stretched or pressed: flexibility, give, resilience...

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