| 单词 | graceful |
| 释义 | graceful (once / 205 pages) adj Use the adjective graceful to describe movements that are lovely and elegant. If you watch a yoga class, you'll see a variety of styles, ranging from awkward to graceful. Were some people born graceful? From their elegant way they move to their great timing and well-chosen words, being graceful does seem to come naturally to some. For others, it comes with practice and being focused. For example, the discipline of ballet makes dancers graceful — even when reaching for something on a high shelf at the grocery store. WORD FAMILYgraceful: gracefuler, gracefulest, gracefully, gracefulness, ungraceful+/disgrace: disgraced, disgraceful, disgraces, disgracing/disgraceful: disgracefulest, disgracefully, disgracefulness/grace: disgrace, graced, graceful, graceless, graces, gracing, gracious/gracefulness: gracefulnesses/graceless: gracelessly, gracelessness/gracelessness: gracelessnesses/gracious: graciousest, graciously, graciousness, ungracious/graciousness: graciousnesses/ungraceful: ungracefully, ungracefulness/ungracious: ungraciously, ungraciousness USAGE EXAMPLES"I was very alarmed and sad to see such a graceful and giant rare creature lying dead on our shores," said Mr Chandran. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) “She is graceful on the court,” Borders said. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Elk are enormous but surprisingly graceful mammals who often venture down from higher elevations in search of food during the winter. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution Syn|Ant beautiful delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration elegantrefined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style elegantdisplaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution fluent, fluid, liquid, smoothsmooth and unconstrained in movement gainlygraceful and pleasing gracile, willowyslender and graceful lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlikemoving and bending with ease awkward lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance maladroitnot adroit uglydispleasing to the senses clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldylacking grace in movement or posture graceless, ungracefullacking grace; clumsy labored, laboured, strainedlacking natural ease woodenlacking ease or grace 2adj suggesting taste, ease, and wealth Syn elegant, refined gracious characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit |
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