Liquid

['lɪkwɪd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r').

(noun.) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.

(noun.) fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume.

(noun.) a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.

(adj.) clear and bright; 'the liquid air of a spring morning'; 'eyes shining with a liquid luster'; 'limpid blue eyes' .

(adj.) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; 'the liquid song of a robin' .

(adj.) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; 'water and milk and blood are liquid substances' .

(adj.) filled or brimming with tears; 'swimming eyes'; 'sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid' .

校對:马奇--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

(a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.

(a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

(a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.

(a.) Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.

(a.) Clear; definite in terms or amount.

(n.) A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform.

(n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.

布赖恩特編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Fluid.[2]. Mellifluous, dulcet, soft, clear, flowing.

n. Fluid, liquor, liquid substance.

手打:内蒂

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Fluid, liquescent, melting, running, watery, fluent, soft, mellifluous, limpid,flowing, clear, smooth

ANT:Solid, solidified, concrete, congealed, hard, dry, indissolvable, insoluble,harsh, discordant

道格拉斯校對

解釋/意思:

adj. flowing: fluid: soft: smooth: clear.—n. a flowing substance: a letter of a smooth flowing sound coalescing easily with a preceding mute l m n r.—adj. Liq′uidable.—v.t. Liq′uidate to make clear esp. to clear or settle an account: to arrange or wind up the affairs of a bankrupt estate.—ns. Liquidā′tion the clearing up of the money affairs esp. the adjustment of the affairs of a bankrupt estate; Liquidāt′or one engaged in a liquidation.—v.t. Liq′uidise to render liquid.—n. Liquid′ity.—adv. Liq′uidly.—n. Liq′uidness.

校對:克劳斯