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airiness

/air-ee-nis/US // ˈɛər i nɪs //UK // (ˈɛərɪnɪs) //

气度,气质,气势,气量

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : openness to the air: the airiness of a balcony facing the sea.
    • : sprightliness of manner: a ballet marked by airiness and deft movement.
    • : snobbishness; affectation.

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Examples

  • And about him there was a gaiety, an airiness of spirit, an atmosphere of enjoyment which bespoke one who is in love with life.

  • He left me at last to dance with Katy, who makes up in grace and airiness what she lacks in knowledge.

  • The second basin is supported on a forest of slender columns which give an airiness and a necessary lightness to the whole.

  • He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox.

  • There is an airiness and transparency in that corner of the canvass, which we in vain seek elsewhere.