lithe

Word family

lithe /laɪð/ adjectiveadj

GRACEFULhaving a body that moves easily and gracefully 〔身体〕柔软的；优美灵活的

the strong lithe bodies of gymnasts

体操运动员强壮柔韧的身体

—lithely adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

lithe• His body was agonizingly slender and lithe.• He dashed across the puddles in the courtyard, lithe and athletic.• The lithe and lean Banks was not alone.• Second, I use the word because it is lithe and playful, high-spirited and coltish.• Feel beautiful, lithe and positive as you do them.• the dancer's lithe body• With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.• A florid, solid woman, Zaiga bore little resemblance to the lithe, romantic girl her parents had lost.• I felt awkward among the lithe young sun-tanned girls on the beach.

Origin lithe

Old English “gentle”

Chinese

Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 21742 COCA: 17946

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