lithe

英 [la?e] 美
  • adj. 輕盈的（等于lithesome）；柔軟的；易彎曲的
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詞態(tài)變化

副詞:?lithely;

助記提示

1. lent- => lithe (with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English).
2. => soft, mild, gentle, meek.

中文詞源

lithe 柔軟的，易彎曲的

來(lái)自PIE*lent,彎曲，詞源同linden,relent,可能進(jìn)一步來(lái)自PIE*le,松開(kāi)，放開(kāi)，詞源同let,lenient.

英文詞源

lithe (adj.)
Old English liee "soft, mild, gentle, meek," from Proto-Germanic *linthja- (cognates: Old Saxon lithi "soft, mild, gentle," Old High German lindi, German lind, Old Norse linr, with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English), from PIE root *lent- "flexible" (cognates: Latin lentus "flexible, pliant, slow," Sanskrit lithi). In Middle English, used of the weather. Current sense of "easily flexible" is from c. 1300. Related: Litheness.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. His walk was lithe and graceful.
他走路輕盈而優(yōu)雅。

來(lái)自辭典例句

2. The leopard is sleek, long and lithe.
豹子身材修長(zhǎng),毛片油亮, 靈活輕巧.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. He stretched his lean, lithe body.
他伸了伸他那瘦削, 靈活的肢體.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. He was lithe; that was the word she had thought of while watching him.
他很輕捷, 當(dāng)時(shí)她望著他時(shí)想到的是這個(gè)詞.

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 廊橋遺夢(mèng)

5. I was received by a tall, lithe, vibrant woman in her 70's, white - haired, and still beautiful.
接見(jiàn)我的是位長(zhǎng)挑身材, 裊娜輕盈 、 神采奕奕的老太太,七十多歲的年紀(jì), 滿頭白發(fā), 依然清秀漂亮.

來(lái)自辭典例句