gracile

a. 细长的, 纤弱的 [医] 薄的, 细的

发音

UK /ˈɡɹæsaɪl/
UK /-sɪl/
US /ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/
US /ˈɡɹæsəl/
US /ˈɡɹeɪˌsaɪl/

词形变化

more gracile 比较级 most gracile 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Lean, slender, thin.

    比喻
  2. 2.

    Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    Graceful or gracefully slender.

词汇关系

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相关短语

gracile australopithecine gracile australopithecines GRACILE syndrome

词源

Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). The sense “graceful or gracefully slender” was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and a doublet of gracilis.

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