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.
中文解释
1. lent- => lithe (with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English).2. => soft, mild, gentle, meek.
实用例句
1. His walk was lithe and graceful.
他走路轻盈而优雅。
来自辞典例句
2. The leopard is sleek, long and lithe.
豹子身材修长,毛片油亮, 灵活轻巧.
来自辞典例句
3. He stretched his lean, lithe body.
他伸了伸他那瘦削, 灵活的肢体.
来自辞典例句
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.