lithe

a. 柔软的

发音

UK /laɪð/

词形变化

lithes 复数 lithes 三单 lithing 现在分词 lithed 过去式 lithed 过去分词 lither 比较级 lither lithest lithest 最高级

别名

lythe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Shelter.

    苏格兰
v.
  1. 1.

    To become calm.

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

    废旧 及物
  3. 1.

    To attend; listen, hearken.

    不及物 废旧
  4. 2.

    To listen to, hearken to.

    及物
  5. 1.

    to thicken (gravy, etc.)

    古体 方言

    lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'

adj.
  1. 1.

    Mild; calm.

    废旧

    lithe weather

  2. 2.

    Slim but not skinny.

    lithe body

  3. 3.

    Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

    the elephant’s lithe trunk.

    … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …

  4. 4.

    Adaptable.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

supple lissom lissome lithesome sinuous

近义相关 1

graceful

词源

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.

来源：wiktionary