malleable
adjective /ˈmæliəbl/
/ˈmæliəbl/
- (specialist) (of metal, etc.
) that can be hit or pressed into different shapes easily without breaking or cracking (= starting to split)金属等 可锻造的;可轧压的;易成型的 - (of people, ideas, etc.
) easily influenced or changed人、思想等 可塑的;易受影响(或改变)的
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.