Airy
['eərɪ] or ['ɛri]
解释:
(adj.) having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; 'airy gauze curtains' .
(adj.) not practical or realizable; speculative; 'airy theories about socioeconomic improvement'; 'visionary schemes for getting rich' .
校对:梅雷迪思--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
(a.) Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
(a.) Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
(a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
(a.) Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
(a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
(a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
(a.) Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
(a.) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
巴纳德编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare.[2]. Light, subtile, sublimated.[3]. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, wanton, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, blithe, light, light-hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer.[4]. Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, gairish, fine.[5]. Windy, empty.
录入:维维恩
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Light, ethereal, spiritual, joyous, sprightly, lively, animated, frolicsome,fairy-like
ANT:Dull, inert, stony, ponderous, plow, heavy, cheerless, sullen, dolesome,lugubrious, leaden, wooden
整理:马库斯
例句:
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Yes, thou shalt revisit the land of thy birth, I thought, as I looked invidiously on the airy voyager; but we shall, never more! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- We are so very airy! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- For Airy this was a crucial question; but to Adams it seemed unessential, and he failed to reply. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In September, 1845, he gave the results to Chal lis, who wrote to Airy on the 22d of that month that Adams sought an opportunity to submit the so lution personally to the Astronomer Royal. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- His touch was brilliant and firm, and his fingers flew over the keys with a rapid and bird-like motion, airy, and yet decided. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I think, sir,' said Mortimer, breaking the awkward silence with his airy self-possession, 'that you did me the honour to mention my name? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
录入:劳伦斯