elastic

• adj. 有弹性的；灵活的；易伸缩的
• n. 松紧带；橡皮圈

来自希腊文elastos, 延展的，有弹性的。

elastic

elastic: [17] Greek elaúnein meant ‘drive’. From it was derived the late Greek adjective elastikós, which had the sense ‘driving, propelling’. Its Latin version elasticus was used by the French scientist Jean Pecquet (1622–74) in describing the expansive properties of gases, and that is the sense in which it was originally adopted into English. Its transference to the wider meaning ‘returning to a former state after contracting’ took place towards the end of the 17th century.

elastic (adj.)

1650s, formerly also elastick, coined in French (1650s) as a scientific term to describe gases, from Modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastos "ductile, flexible," related to elaunein "to strike, beat out," which is of uncertain origin; according to Watkins from an extended form of the PIE base *ele- "to go." Applied to solids from 1670s. Figurative use by 1859. The noun meaning "piece of elastic material," originally a cord or string woven with rubber, is from 1847, American English.

1. Pull the elastic tight and knot the ends.

把橡皮筋拽紧，两头打上结。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.

这条裙子需要换一根松紧腰带。

来自《权威词典》

3. The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.

新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I stretched that piece of elastic to its fullest extent.

我将这条橡皮筋拉长到最大限度.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. She tied the end of her pigtails with an elastic band.

她用一根松紧带扎紧辫梢.

来自《简明英汉词典》