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易曲折的,柔软的,柔顺的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See
   {Ply}, v.]
   1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or
      pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe;
      limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also
      used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil;
      tractable; as, a pliant heart.

            The will was then ductile and pliant to right
            reason.                               --South.

   2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.'' --Shak. --
      {Pli"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pliant
     adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of
            children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: {plastic}]
     2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
        adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
        clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliable}]
     3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
        "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
         {pliable}]
     4: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
        copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
        leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
        of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
         {pliable}, {tensile}, {tractile}]