Frail

(noun.) a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs).

(noun.) the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds.

(adj.) physically weak; 'an invalid's frail body' .

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• This is indeed, he continued, as he looked at the flimsy texture and slender fingers, a slight and frail gage for a purpose so deadly! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Perish a thousand such frail baubles as this Jewess, before thy manly step pause in the brilliant career that lies stretched before thee! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Moreover, at this instant, I had good reason to believe the provoking little reptile was actually in the arms of some frail, very frail, French woman. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Those few warm words, though only warm with anger, breathed on that frail frost-work of reserve; about this time, it gave note of dissolution. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But this was so still and frail, as space is more frightening than force. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It was only when I saw him really unhappy that I felt really vexed with the fair, frail cause of his suffering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Never, said he, as he ground his teeth, never was anything at once so frail and so indomitable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• And now, though it seemed slighter and frailer than ever, it had suddenly hardened to adamant, and he might beat his life out against it in vain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It is always the frailest, the oldest, and the poorest that brave the worst weather, to prove and maintain their constancy to dear old mother church. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Yet of all the reeds that civilization leans upon, surely the police is the frailest. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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