Brittle

(noun.) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets.

(adj.) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; 'brittle bones'; 'glass is brittle'; '`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal' .

(adj.) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured .

(adj.) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; 'a brittle and calculating woman' .

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• But nothing that could be done would prevent the rubber from getting soft in summer and hard and brittle in the winter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• As brittle as crockery, sir, and as old as the church, if not older. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Besides that the thread became so brittle that the slightest shock to the lamp broke it. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• They were of darkened red brick, brittle, with dark slate roofs. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I suppose illness and weakness had worn it and made it brittle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The rubber is much like tough, heavy dough--there is not much stretch to it and in a cold place it would become hard and brittle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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