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Deftly Word 英 Deftli] 美 Deftli Adv.灵巧地;敏捷地 Wove Flowers

英语单词 deftly
英美音标 英 [deftli] 美 [deftli]
中文释义 adv.灵巧地;敏捷地
英语例句 (1) She deftly wove the flowers into a garland.
(2) Suddenly, she seems to find what went to the faster pace of the classroom, and saw she deftly picked up a piece of paper, thrown into the trash.
中文例句 (1) 她灵巧地把花编成了一个花环。
(2) 突然,她似乎发现了什么,赶往教室的步子更快了,只见她灵巧地拾起一张废纸,扔进了垃圾箱。
vocabulary简明 When something's done deftly, it's accomplished with style and skill. You'd be sure to impress your friends if you grabbed three grapefruits, juggled them deftly, and returned them to their bowl, all while carrying on a conversation.
vocabulary扩展 A physical or athletic act can be done deftly, or easily and well, but deftly can also describe something done with cleverness or wit, like a musician writing song lyrics deftly. The Old English word gedæfte, which means "mild" or "gentle," is the root of the word deftly, whose meaning still has that sense of doing something both skillfully and gently, or effortlessly.

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