- 脆い
- もろい
brittle
fragile
tender-hearted* * *もろい【脆い】①[こわれやすい・砕けやすい]〔弱い, 脆弱な〕fragile壊れ[割れ]やすい, もろい*tender壊れやすい, 傷つきやすいtender porcelain もろい磁器
**weak〖S〗(物が)壊れやすい, もろい(⇔strong)*rotten(石などが)もろい, 壊れやすいbrittle(物が)(固いが)もろい.▲a frail vase もろい花びん.
②[弱い・動揺しやすい]〔感じやすい〕**weak〖S〗(体力・力などが)弱い, 虚弱な*frail〖S〗(体・人が)(体質的に)ひ弱な《◆ weak より堅い語》*tender(名声などが)もろい;(人の気持に)敏感な;同情的なhave a tender heart 情にもろい
hothouse温室育ちの;もろい, ひ弱な.▲a sentimental person 情にもろい人
a person vulnerable to criticism 批判にもろい人.
* * *もろい【脆い】1 〔こわれ[折れ]やすい〕 fragile 《stem》; delicate 《china》; breakable 《porcelain》; weak 《foundation》; frail 《structure》; unsubstantial 《building》; brittle 《glass》; friable 《stone》; crumbly 《rock》; sick 《cast iron》.●精密機械はある意味でもろい. Precision machines, in a sense, easily develop trouble [break down].
2 〔たわいない〕 easy.●もろい負け方をする be easily beaten
・情にもろい be tenderhearted; be sentimental; be easily moved
・精神的にもろい fainthearted; spineless; weak-kneed
・涙もろい ⇒なみだもろい.
●その城は案外もろくて半日で落城した. The castle fell to the enemy with much less resistance than expected in half a day.
・元チャンピオンはもろかった. The former champion was easily beaten [defeated] by the opponent.
もろくする weaken.●日光に当たるとプラスチックはもろくなる Exposed to the sunlight, plastics become brittle.
・過保護は子供を精神的にもろくする Overprotectiveness makes children weak-willed [spineless, namby-pamby].
もろくなる become soft [fragile, brittle]; be loosened; be weakened.●風化してもろくなった岩がどんどん崩れてくる. Weathered, brittle rocks keep falling (down the mountainside).
・あなたは年を取って骨がもろくなっている. Your bones have grown brittle with age.
もろくも easily; without difficulty; without offering much resistance.●もろくも敗れる yield after a feeble resistance
・内閣は大臣のスキャンダルがもとでもろくも半年で崩壊した. The Cabinet crumbled in a mere six months because of the scandal involving a minister.
・不正取引でその会社の信用はもろくも崩れ去った. The company simply lost all credibility due to its business irregularities.
もろさ brittleness; fragility; 〔精神的な〕 weakness.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.