Subtile
[sʌtl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
(a.) Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
(a.) Acute; piercing; searching.
(a.) Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
(a.) Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.
校對:苏西
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Rare, thin, light, airy, ethereal, sublimated, not dense, not gross.[2]. Delicate, fine, slender, nice, not coarse.
手打:路德维格
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Fine, thin, rare, refined, volatile, delicate, nice, acute
ANT:Coarse, thick, gross, crass, dense
校對:鲁珀特
解釋/意思:
adj. delicately constructed: fine: thin or rare: piercing: shrewd.—adv. Sub′tilely.—ns. Sub′tileness; Subtilisā′tion.—v.t. Sub′tilise to make subtile thin or rare: to spin into niceties.—v.i. to make nice distinctions: to refine in argument.—ns. Sub′tilism the quality of being subtile; Sub′tilty state or quality of being subtile: fineness: extreme acuteness: cunning.
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例句/造句/用法:
- This we may confirm by a reflection, which to some will, perhaps, appear too subtile and refined. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- As the emotions of the soul prevent any subtile reasoning and reflection, so these latter actions of the mind are equally prejudicial to the former. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Without its subtile, pulsating, intangible spirit, it is but dead matter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Universal space, as far as we know of it, seems to be filled with a subtile fluid, whose motion or vibration is called light. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Ingenious reasoning, refined and subtile consultation, were in him combined with prompt resolution and inflexible firmness of purpose. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The practice of the world goes farther in teaching us the degrees of our duty, than the most subtile philosophy, which was ever yet invented. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
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