If a metal is ductile, you can press it or pull it into a new shape — especially into wire — without heating it until it melts, and without it snapping. Gold and copper are famous for this: they can be drawn out into very fine wire. Steel can be ductile too, depending on how it is made.

If a metal is ductile如果一個金屬是ductile的, you can press it or pull it into a new shape你可以把它壓或拉成新的形狀 — especially into wire尤其是拉成電線 — without heating it until it melts不需要加熱到融化, and without it snapping也不會斷裂。 Gold and copper金和銅 are famous for this以這個聞名: they can be drawn out into very fine wire可以被拉成非常細的電線。 Steel鋼 can be ductile too也可以是ductile的, depending on how it is made看它是怎麼製造的。

The tidy classroom opposite is brittle (it breaks). You also meet malleable (you can hammer it into a sheet). Though actually, in real workshops the two ideas overlap, and speakers are not always careful.

The tidy classroom opposite那個課堂上工整的反義詞 is brittle是brittle（脆的） (it breaks)（意思是會斷裂）。 You also meet你也會遇到 malleablemalleable（展性的） (you can hammer it into a sheet)（意思是可以被打成一片薄片）。 Though actually不過實際上, in real workshops在真正的工廠裡 the two ideas overlap這兩個概念會重疊, and speakers are not always careful講的人不見得會分得很清楚。

There is a quieter, more bookish sense: a ductile person is easy to lead or easy to persuade. That sense sits closer to the Latin (“easily led”), but you will meet the metal sense far more in school science.

There is a quieter, more bookish sense還有一個比較文雅、書面一點的意思: a ductile person一個ductile的人 is easy to lead or easy to persuade容易被牽著走、容易被說服。 That sense sits closer to the Latin這個意思比較接近拉丁文原意 ("easily led")（「容易被牽引」）, but you will meet the metal sense far more in school science不過在學校自然課裡你遇到的絕大多數還是金屬的那個意思。