lightness

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n. 光亮度, (颜色的)浅淡, 轻率, 轻佻, 轻浮, 轻盈, 轻松, 轻巧, 精巧, 优美 [计] 亮度

发音

其它 /ˈlaɪtnəs/
US /ˈlaɪtnəs/

词形变化

lightnesses 复数

别名

lightnesse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    the condition of being illuminated

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  2. 2.

    the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour

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  3. 3.

    The product of being illuminated.

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  4. 1.

    The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.

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  5. 2.

    Agility of movement.

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  6. 3.

    Freedom from worry.

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  7. 4.

    Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.

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    Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London And if the sudden and unannounced arrival of Miss Melhuish at "The Turrets" contained any element of surprise for him, his habitual imperturbability enabled him to pass it off with disarming lightness.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

light agility elation weightlessness lightsomeness high spirits legerity nimbleness

反义词 2

darkness heaviness

上位词 8

joy weight value silliness gracefulness giddiness joyfulness joyousness

下位词 10

glory aura halo highlight brightness euphoria buoyancy highlighting nimbus airiness

词源

From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).

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