embrittle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become brittle. intransitive
    — But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.
  2. To make (something) brittle. transitive
    — True, hydrogen has some drawbacks. It’s costly to liquefy or compress for storage. It’s also hard to push through existing gas pipelines because it’s so light that it leaks, and it embrittles the pipes.

词形变化

embrittles present,singular,third-person embrittling participle,present embrittled participle,past embrittled past

词汇关系

衍生词
embrittlement

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English em-
English brittle
English embrittle
From em- + brittle.
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