lithe
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(obsolete)Mild; calm.
lithe weather
Đồng nghĩa: clement, gentle, mellow
- 2.
Slim but not skinny.
lithe body
Đồng nghĩa: lithesome, lissome, swack, gaunt, gracile, lank, lean, leansome, lithe, lithesome, lissome, rangy, sleek, slender, slight, slim, slinky, svelte, swack, sylphlike, willowy
- 3.
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
the elephant’s lithe trunk.
… she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
Đồng nghĩa: pliant, flexible, limber, bain, bendable, bendsome, bendy, flexible, flexile, limber, lithe
- 4.
Adaptable.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To become calm.
- 2.
(obsolete, transitive)To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
- 3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To attend; listen, hearken.
- 4.
(transitive)To listen to, hearken to.
- 5.
(Yorkshire, archaic, dialectal)(archaic, dialect, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) to thicken (gravy, etc.)
lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Scotland)Shelter.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (gentle, mild), from *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos.