| 英语单词 | lithe |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [laɪð] 美 [laɪð] |
| 中文释义 | adj.柔软的;易弯的;轻盈的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Little babies have lithe bodies. (2) Her movements in free gymnastics are lithe and graceful. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 小孩有柔软的身体。 (2) 她的自由体操动作轻盈优美。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Have you ever seen people who can bend so easily, they can touch their heels to the back of their heads? That person is, in a word, lithe. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Lithe comes to us from Old English and originally meant "mild, meek." As a meek person bends to the will of others, the meaning of lithe has broadened to flexible and even graceful. Think of a dancer or the ease of a sleek cat when you think of lithe. You can use it to describe a person or the way someone moves. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]身体柔软的;动作轻巧自如的 A lithe person is able to move and bend their body easily and gracefully.
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