elastic

noun

/ɪˈlæstɪk/

[uncountable]

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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。
Extra Examples
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- loose
- tight
- hair
- …
… of elastic
- length
- piece
elastic + verb
- break
- go
- snap
- …
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Word Originmid 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’.

elastic

adjective

/ɪˈlæstɪk/

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made with elastic橡皮圈（或带）的
- an elastic headband松紧头箍
able to stretch and return to its original size and shape有弹性的；有弹力的
- elastic materials弹性材料
that can change or be changed灵活的；可改变的；可伸缩的
- The demand for the product is elastic.对产品的需求是有弹性的。
- Our plans are fairly elastic.我们的计划有相当大的灵活性。

Word Originmid 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’.