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Languid Describe Movements Weak Ly 英 Læŋɡwɪd] 美 Læŋɡwɪd

英语单词 languid
英美音标 英 ['læŋɡwɪd] 美 ['læŋɡwɪd]
中文释义 adj.不活泼的;无精打采的;迟缓的
英语例句 (1) The incredible summer heat and humidity made us all feel languid.
(2) I was angry with his languid movements.
(3) He speaks with a languid drawl.
中文例句 (1) 夏天超乎想像的热气与湿度让大家都觉得无精打采。
(2) 我被他那懒洋洋的动作激怒了。
(3) 他慢吞吞拉着长调说话。
vocabulary简明 Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective, languid.
vocabulary扩展 Languid comes from the Latin verb, languere "to be weak or faint" and is a somewhat literary word for something that doesn't use much energy. If someone says goodbye to you with a languid wave of the hand, there's not too much movement involved. You can describe yourself as languid when you have that feeling of not being entirely awake — kind of lazy in the mind.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无精打采的;懒洋洋的;倦怠的 If you describe someone as languid, you mean that they show little energy or interest and are very slow and casual in their movements.
  [LITERARY 文]
  • To his delight a familiar, tall, languid figure lowered itself down the steps of a club.

    看到一个熟悉的高大身影沿着俱乐部的台阶无精打采地走下来,他高兴极了。

  • Time spent at Jumby Bay can be as energetic or as languid as you wish.

    来琼比湾消磨时光,动静皆宜,尽可随心所欲。

languidly
  • We sat about languidly after dinner...

    晚饭后我们懒洋洋地闲坐着。

  • A tanned blonde in a bikini swims languidly in the clear swimming pool.

    一位身穿比基尼泳装、皮肤晒成古铜色的金发女郎在清澈的泳池里慵懒地游着泳。

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