English Dictionary

pliant

/ˈplaɪənt/

adj

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking / (figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

The pliant branches of the tree swayed in the wind.

意味（1）

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking

Whether in its northern or southern home, the black-throated blue warbler builds its nest of bark, roots, and other pliant material, loose and rather bulky, in a variety of saplings, bushes, and weeds, but always a few inches or a few feet from the ground.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

I must haue wanton Poets, pleasant wits,

Musitians, that with touching of a string

I must haue wanton Poets, pleasant wits, Musitians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: