friable

/ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/

adj

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. / (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. / (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk

The soil in the garden is friable, making it easy to dig.

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意味（1）

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago.

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意味（2）

(of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.

So while two men under his directions were digging the grave with sticks in the friable granitic soil, he superintended the costume of the other actors in the drama.

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