frail

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs;
between 50 and 75 pounds
• Hypernyms:
weight unit, weight
2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
• Hypernyms:
basket, handbasket

II - adjective

1. physically weak (Freq. 4)
- an invalid's frail body
• Ant:
robust
• Similar to:
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety,
sapless, weak, weakly, light-boned
• See Also:
delicate, weak
• Derivationally related forms:
frailness
2. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;
having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- I'm only a fallible human
- frail humanity
• Syn:
fallible, imperfect, weak
• Similar to:
human
• Derivationally related forms:
imperfectness (for: imperfect)
3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- a kite too delicate to fly safely
- fragile porcelain plates
- fragile old bones
- a frail craft
• Syn:
delicate, fragile
• Similar to:
breakable
• Derivationally related forms:
fragility (for: fragile)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  delicate, fragile, fallible, imperfect, weak