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fragile break-frag
Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail.
Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate.
Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy
adj. 脆的；易碎的

例句：
The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation.
那位老太太手術后身體越來越虛弱。

fragment
A small part broken off or detached.
An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.
Grammar. A sentence fragment.
To break or separate (something) into fragments.
To become broken into fragments
n. 碎片；片斷或不完整部分
vt. 使成碎片
vi. 破碎或裂開

frangible
Capable of being broken; breakable.
adj. 脆弱的，易碎的

infringe

詞匯起源
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: infringere, from frangere 'to break']

To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent.
Obsolete. To defeat; invalidate.
To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing
vt. 侵犯；違反；破壞
vi. 侵犯；侵害

例句：
He occasionally infringe the law by parking near a junction.
他因偶爾將車停放在交叉口附近而違反規定。
The media is accused of infringing on people’s privacy.
人們指責媒體侵犯了大家的隱私。

fringe brim邊緣

詞匯起源
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin fimbria 'threads']

early 14c., from O.Fr. frenge "thread, strand, fringe, hem" (early 14c.), from V.L. *frimbia, metathesis of L. fimbriae (pl.) "fibers, threads, fringe," of uncertain origin.

A decorative border or edging of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band.
Something that resembles such a border or edging.
A marginal, peripheral, or secondary part
Those members of a group or political party holding extreme views: the lunatic fringe.
Any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light.
To decorate with or as if with a fringe
To serve as a fringe to
n. 邊緣；穗；劉海;見解偏激的人
adj. 邊緣的；附加的
vt. 加穗于

例句：
They put up tents on the fringes of the woods.
他們在樹林邊緣搭起帳篷。
“They like to hang out on the geographical fringes, the seedy outposts”(&b{James Atlas})
“他們喜歡去偏僻地區和骯臟的偏遠村落”(詹姆斯·阿特拉斯)

詞源小故事

amazon n. 魁梧女子,男子氣的高大女子，女戰士

Word History: In classical legend the Amazons were a tribe of warrior women. Their name is supposedly derived from Greek a-mazos, “without a breast,” because according to the legend they cut off their right breasts so as to be better able to shoot with a bow and arrow. This folk etymology, like most folk etymologies, is incorrect, but the Amazons of legend are not so completely different from the historical Amazons, who were also warriors. The historical Amazons were Scythians, an Iranian people renowned for their cavalry. The first Greeks to come into contact with the Iranians were the Ionians, who lived on the coast of Asia Minor and were constantly threatened by the Persians, the most important of the Iranian peoples. Amazōn is the Ionian Greek form of the Iranian word ha-mazan, “fighting together.” The regular Greek form would be hamazōn, but because the Ionians dropped their aitches like Cockneys, hamazōn became amazōn, the form taken into the other Greek dialects.

在古希臘神話中Amazons乃居住于黑海沿岸（小亞細亞或亞速海濱）一帶的女人族。為繁衍后代她們定期同鄰族男人結合，然后再把男人送走，生下男孩送歸其父（一說殺死或弄成殘廢），生下女孩則留下練習武藝。Amazons驍勇，善騎射。據古代傳說，Amazons為了便于拉弓射箭女孩的右乳都被烙掉。一般認為，Amazon一詞源于希臘語a ‘without'（沒有）加mazos'breast'（乳房），在希臘語中的原義是“無乳者”。然而詞源學的這一考證未必可靠。在古希臘羅馬的造型藝術中，Amazons的形象是肌肉豐滿體態健美的美婦，并無殘缺痕跡。有關Amazons的神話很多，在中世紀流傳甚廣。Amazons和希臘人打過許多仗，曾助特洛伊人作戰。據有些記載，南美洲第一大河Amazon（亞馬孫河）也是據此得名的。1541年西班牙探險家奧雷拉納（Francisco de Orellana）聲稱曾在這條河上遭一女人部族襲擊，故而將此河命名為Amazon。