lithe
英 [laɪð]
美
- adj. 輕盈的（等於lithesome）；柔軟的；易彎曲的
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，易彎曲的來自PIE*lent,彎曲，詞源同linden,relent,可能進一步來自PIE*le,鬆開，放開，詞源同let,lenient.
英文詞源
- lithe (adj.)
- Old English liðe "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.
雙語例句
- 1. His walk was lithe and graceful.
- 他走路輕盈而優雅。
來自辭典例句
- 2. The leopard is sleek, long and lithe.
- 豹子身材修長,毛片油亮, 靈活輕巧.
來自辭典例句
- 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, 當時她望著他時想到的是這個詞.
來自英漢文學 - 廊橋遺夢
- 5. I was received by a tall, lithe, vibrant woman in her 70's, white - haired, and still beautiful.
- 接見我的是位長挑身材, 嫋娜輕盈 、 神采奕奕的老太太,七十多歲的年紀, 滿頭白發, 依然清秀漂亮.
來自辭典例句