Flatness
['flætnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.
(noun.) a deficiency in flavor; 'it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils'.
(noun.) a want of animation or brilliance; 'the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style'.
厄纳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being flat.
(n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
(n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
(n.) Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.
(n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
手打:穆里尔
例句/造句/用法:
- This, from the extreme flatness of it, his nose, I mean, not the fortune, appeared probable. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The liquid was forced from the cellar by the air pressure, and when turned off, the air pressure was resumed in the cask, which preserved the beer from being thrown into a state of flatness. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The flatness was all gone out of her voice. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- With such a gun you must seek a flatness over which to fire. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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