transcription, транскрипция: [ brɪt(ə)l ]
1.
An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
Pine is brittle and breaks.
...the dry, brittle ends of the hair.
ADJ
2.
If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone’s mood as brittle , you mean that it is unstable, and may easily change.
These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle...
= fragile
ADJ