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单词 agile
释义 agile, a.|ˈædʒɪl, -aɪl|
Also 6–7 agill, 7 agil.
[a. Fr. agile (14th c.) ad. L. agil-is, f. ag-ĕre to do. A by-form was agilious.]
Having the faculty of quick motion; nimble, active, ready.
c1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 52 To make one more freshe and agilite [? agile], to prosecute his good and godly affaires.1581W. Stafford Exam. Compl. i. (1876) 23 Wee be not so agill and light as fowles & Byrdes.1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. i. 171 His agile arme, beats downe their fatall points.1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 3 The exercise of the Intellective Faculty makes it agil, quick, and lively.1766H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1859) I. 5 He cast it from him with a sudden agile jerk.1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. lxi. 96 The advantages of a robust and agile frame.1872Blackie Lays of Highl. 156 Whose agile tongue doth flit From theme to theme with change of wordy war.
2. Easily moved. Obs.
1694Westmacott Script. Herb. 80 All agree that it [Gophir] was a solid, light, agile wood.
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