Co giãn ( (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)), đàn hồi; mềm dẻo

Nhún nhảy (bước đi...)

Bồng bột, bốc đồng

elastic conscience

lương tâm dễ tự tha thứ

Dây chun, dây cao su

(adj) đàn hồi

mặt đàn hồi

kéo được

dãn được

đàn hồi

mềm dẻo

Adj.

Flexible, stretchable, stretchy, stretch, bendable,pliable, springy, plastic, extensile, extensible, expansible,expandable, contractile, resilient, bouncy, compressible: Is itelastic enough to stretch round that box?

Adjustable,adaptable, accommodating, flexible: The schedule for our mainproject is elastic, so we can fit in additional tasks at veryshort notice.

Adj. & n.

Adj.

Able to resume its normal bulk or shapespontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.

Springy.

(of a person or feelings) buoyant.

Flexible,adaptable (elastic conscience).

Econ. (of demand) variableaccording to price.

Physics (of a collision) involving nodecrease of kinetic energy.

N. elastic cord or fabric, usu.woven with strips of rubber.

Elastic band = rubber band (seeRUBBER(1)).

Elastically adv. elasticity n. elasticize v.tr.(also -ise). [mod.L elasticus f. Gk elastikos propulsive f.elauno drive]