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Light Attested Sense 10896.Airy 英 Eərɪ]美 ɛri 释义

正面 10896.airy
英 ['eərɪ]美 ['ɛri]

背面
释义:
adj. 空气的;通风的;幻想的;轻快的;空中的n. (Airy)人名;(英)艾里
例句:
1. Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.她的房子光线充足,空气流通,清新整洁。

1. 刮到天的楼。

airy (adj.)late 14c., "of the air, made of air," from air (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "breezy" is attested from 1590s; that of "lively" is from 1640s. Sense of "vain, unsubstantial" is from 1580s. Disparaging airy-fairy is attested from 1920 (earlier in a sense of "delicate or light as a fairy," which is how Tennyson used it in 1830)."

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