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lithe怎么读

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lithe是什么意思

  • adj. 轻盈的(等于lithesome);柔软的;易弯曲的

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lithe的词态变化


副词: lithely;

助记提示


1. lent- => lithe (with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English).
2. => soft, mild, gentle, meek.

中文词源


lithe 柔软的,易弯曲的

来自PIE*lent,弯曲,词源同linden,relent,可能进一步来自PIE*le,松开,放开,词源同let,lenient.

英文词源


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.

lithe的双语例句


1. His walk was lithe and graceful.
他走路轻盈而优雅。

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2. The leopard is sleek, long and lithe.
豹子身材修长,毛片油亮, 灵活轻巧.

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3. He stretched his lean, lithe body.
他伸了伸他那瘦削, 灵活的肢体.

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4. He was lithe; that was the word she had thought of while watching him.
他很轻捷, 当时她望着他时想到的是这个词.

来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦

5. I was received by a tall, lithe, vibrant woman in her 70's, white - haired, and still beautiful.
接见我的是位长挑身材, 袅娜轻盈 、 神采奕奕的老太太,七十多岁的年纪, 满头白发, 依然清秀漂亮.

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