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lightness

/lahyt-nis/US // ˈlaɪt nɪs //UK // (ˈlaɪtnɪs) //

轻盈,轻度,轻巧,亮度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or quality of being light in weight: the amazing lightness of the new metal.
    • : the quality of being agile, nimble, or graceful.
    • : lack of pressure or burdensomeness.
    • : lack of seriousness; levity in actions, thoughts, or speech: That kind of lightness seemed out of place.
    • : gaiety of manner, speech, style, etc.; cheerfulness: His lightness was just what the party needed.

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Examples

  • It’s the same feeling of lightness that other women describe when lopping off a head of hair.

  • Cabernet’s sleeper region may be Argentina’s Mendoza, where the altitude of the Andes foothills softens the tannins and preserves acidity and lightness in the wine.

  • Even Jubilee’s somber tracks are imbued with traces of lightness.

  • Few would dispute that Federer is the game’s most elegant practitioner, wielding his racket like a magic wand and with a dancer’s grace and lightness.

  • Next up is redeeming the lightness from that darkness, without indulging the old myths or perpetuating the old inequities.

  • The American edition retains the piecemeal lightness of the original experiment.

  • At the same time, lightness and charm became uncool; darkness and so-called “authenticity” took over.

  • In a quote usually associated with Bill Stout, designer of the Ford Tri-Motor: “Simplicate and add more lightness.”

  • With her artful fusion of fact and fiction, Phillips pulls off a rare sense of lightness and grace at the end of the novel.

  • There was a sense of lightness that was just perfect for Spring.

  • Don't you remember my telling you that Liszt has an inconceivable lightness, swiftness and smoothness of execution?

  • It was to me a new birth of faculties that resembled a new sense of being, a buoyant and elastic lightness of feelings and frame.

  • The manufacturers of these pipes claim for them that they combine the strength of steel with the lightness of paper.

  • She knew very well that the lightness in her voice had whipped him, and that he was "feeling badly."

  • The whole figure had the poise and lightness of a vision; yet in the face an exquisite human tenderness smiled out.