mid-14c., "morally weak," from Old French fraile, frele "weak, frail, sickly, infirm" (12c., Modern French frêle), from Latin fragilis "easily broken" (see fragility). It is the Frenchified form of fragile. Sense of "easily destroyed, liable to break" in English is from late 14c. The U.S. slang noun meaning "a woman" is attested from 1908; perhaps with awareness of Shakespeare's "Frailty, thy name is woman."
实用例句
1. The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.
他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
母亲已逐渐衰弱到无法独居。
来自《权威词典》
3. The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school.
这个男孩身体虚弱,从不和同学们一起玩.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
