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