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词汇 lithe
释义 lithe
adjective
uk /laɪð/ us /laɪð/
young, healthy, attractive, and able to move and bend smoothly: 柔韧而优雅的,轻巧自如的
He had the lithe, athletic body of a ballet dancer.他的身体像芭蕾舞演员一样柔韧优雅。
Synonyms
lissomeliterary
slender
supple
svelte
sylphlikeusually humorous
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having less flesh on the body than average
thinShe's on a diet but I think she's already too thin.
skinnyYou should eat more. You're much too skinny.
scrawnyHe hated his scrawny legs.
slimHe was tall, very slim, with pale, deep-set eyes.
slenderHe put his arms around her slender waist.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: fit & healthy
acrobatically
agility
agree with something
amazonian
athleticism
be (as) fit as a fiddleidiom
glow
hale and hearty
in the pinkidiom
limber
match fitness
muscled
muscularity
non-disabled
on top formphrase
robust
rude
the able-bodied
trim
virility

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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)

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lithe | American Dictionary


lithe
adjective
us/lɑɪð, lɑɪθ/
(of a body) thin and attractive, and able to move easily and gracefully, or (of movements) easy and graceful:
He was a fabulous athlete, full of lithe, quick movements.
She represented the era's ideal of lithe, athletic, modern American womanhood.

Examples of lithe


lithe
A calmer section brings lithe and lyrical counterpoint, before the fast-machine music and fanfares resume.
Women were prime targets for these products, for ideals of female beauty required youthful, unwrinkled faces, and lithe figures of adolescence or early adulthood.
They are tall, lithe, smart, effective, healthy young men.
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Could we not give to lithe miners tomorrow a much larger sum?
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The lithe owner and the tithe payer alike were looking out to find some definite settlement of this question.
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There was the same sort of thing over the pithead baths, and we must try to break this clown a lithe more quickly if we can.
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The man is seated on a plinth, back upright, head in contemplative profile, lithe legs dangling in mid-air.
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Scimitar-toothed cats had broader and shorter upper canines and a typically lithe body form with longer legs.
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She was a little over five feet tall, with a lithe figure, auburn hair, and hazel eyes.
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Men are often portrayed as lithe figures who are under the protection of her females.
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They generally have lithe, compact bodies and long, powerful legs suited for rugged woodland terrain.
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His prose, according to a colleague, was lithe, muscular and fast as a bunch of fives.
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He has a lithe but powerful physique, relying more on agility and wits than strength.
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And his lithe, green-tinged body ripples with barely contained anger.
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He described her as tall, lithe, with dark brown eyes and with thick dark, cascading hair.
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