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antigravity

/an-tee-grav-i-tee, an-tahy-/US // ˌæn tiˈgræv ɪ ti, ˌæn taɪ- //

反重力,反引力,抗重力,反导

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Physics. the antithesis of gravity; a hypothetical force by which a body of positive mass would repel a body of negative mass.
    • : a controllable force that can be made to act against the force of gravity.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : counteracting the force of gravity: The antigravity drive in this spaceship will enable us to reach Polaris.

Examples

  • During the spring of her freshman year, the trainers thought she’d sustained a tendon injury and insisted she try running on an antigravity treadmill.

  • A leisurely spacewalk followed by a workout in an antigravity gym sounds ideal.

  • Frese said rehab has gone well and that Reese has begun light running on an antigravity treadmill.

  • It's supposed to have antigravity powers, too, like whatever it was that took Superior up in the first place.

  • A rocket works against gravity, but they don't call that antigravity, do they?

  • I almost got sick—so close to it I started telling myself it must be something antigravity did to your stomach.

  • But just then the plane took a sickening bounce, as if its antigravity had only started to operate within yards of the ground.

  • Like the radar he made out of a TV set and the antigravity and the atomic power plant he invented to run it all with.