elastic
noun /ɪˈlæstɪk/
/ɪˈlæstɪk/
[uncountable]- material made with rubber, that can stretch and then return to its original size
橡皮圈(或带);松紧带 - This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.
这条裙子需要换一根松紧腰带。
- The elastic in these socks has gone.
短袜上的松紧带失去了弹性。 - The skirt is held up by a length of elastic around the waist.
裙子用一段松紧带缚在腰上。 - an old skirt with loose elastic
松紧带失去弹性的旧裙子
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loose
- tight
- hair
- …
- length
- piece
- break
- go
- snap
- …
词源mid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’. - This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.