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lithe [laið]

a. 柔软的

She has the lithe grace of a gymnast.
她有体操运动员轻盈而优美的体态。
Little babies have lithe bodies.
小孩有柔软的身体。

lithe

[ adj ]
moving and bending with ease
<adj.all>

Lithe \Lithe\ (l[imac][th]), v. t. & i. [Icel hl[=y][eth]a. See
{Listen}.]
To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

Lithe \Lithe\, a. [AS. l[imac][eth]e, for lin[eth]e tender,
mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel.
linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to
yield. Cf. {Lenient}.]
1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]

2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber;
as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. --Milton.

Syn: lithesome.

Lithe \Lithe\, v. t. [AS. l[imac][eth]ian. See {Lithe}, a.]
To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]

Men, once so lithe, hobble forward.
Some of the contestants move with lithe sensuality; others like modern jazz dancers.
Her old friends "spoke to me as if they were accusing me, criticizing me very severely," recalls the lithe, long-haired Miss Marimo, a free-lance writer.
Instead it is light, lithe and deliciously self-ironising. We speak as one who dreaded this film.
Sir, Richard Tomkins must be a fit, lithe young man to imply that a train is a treat to travel on ('When fare is not fair', January 29). I am a retired doctor and occasionally go to Romilly in Cheshire, near Stockport.
At the dilapidated Madison Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River, the tall, lean, lithe Dr. Yanev scrambles up exposed reinforcing bars on a bridge pier, scattering bits of concrete as he goes.

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