flimsy
adjective
uk/ˈflɪm.zi/us/ˈflɪm.zi/flimsyadjective(THIN)
verythin, oreasilybrokenordestroyed:
很薄的；易破的；易损坏的You won't bewarmenough in that flimsydress.你穿那么薄的衣服不够暖和。
Wespentthenightin a flimsywoodenhut.我们在一个不太坚固的小木屋里过了一夜。
a flimsycardboardbox薄纸板箱
breaking easily
- weakIf trees do not get enough water they become weak.
- strongSteel is a very strong material.
- flimsyThere was only a flimsy inflatable raft between him and the raging river
- ricketyWe climbed up the rickety wooden stairs.
- fragileSome objects are too fragile to be moved between the museums.
- delicateShe carefully wrapped up the delicate glass ornaments.
Fragile and breakable
- breakable
- brittle
- crumbly
- delicacy
- delicate
- dodgy
- fissile
- flaky
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- fragile
- fragility
- frail
- friable
- ramshackle
- rickety
- tenuous
- tenuously
flimsyadjective(DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)
A flimsyargument,excuse, etc. isweakanddifficulttobelieve:
（论点、借口等）不足信的，站不住脚的When Iaskedhim why he was late, he gave me some flimsyexcuseabout havingcartrouble.我问他为什么迟到时，他给了个很不足信的借口，说车出毛病了。
Not believable
- belief
- by no stretch (of the imagination)idiom
- fanciful
- fancifully
- far-fetched
- implausibility
- implausible
- implausibly
- incredible
- incredibly
- joke
- kid
- pass
- too good to be trueidiom
- unbelievable
- unbelievably
- unconvincing
- unthinkable
- wash
- weak
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