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pliable
[pliable 词源字典]
pliable:
see
ply
[pliable etymology, pliable origin, 英语词源]
pliable (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French
ploiable
"flexible, bendable," from
plier
"to bend" (see
ply
(n.)). Related:
Pliably
,
pliability
.