levity

FREQ #38619

n. 轻率, 轻浮, 不稳定

发音

UK /ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/
其它
US /ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/

词形变化

levities 复数 levities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.

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  2. 2.

    A lack of steadiness.

    废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.

    不可数
  4. 4.

    A lighthearted or frivolous act.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

gravity

上位词 3

feeling frivolity frivolousness

下位词 9

gaiety anecdotalism flippancy humorousness jocoseness jocosity light-mindedness merriness playfulness

词源

Coined in 1564, from Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”). Cognate to lever, and more distantly, light.

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