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单词 gravity
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gravity
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In physics, gravity is the natural force that causes things to fall toward the earth. The noun gravity can also mean seriousness or solemnity.
Someone who conducts themselves with an air of gravity is someone who takes what they are doing seriously. You might be amused to see a three year old serving her dolls tea with an air of gravity appropriate to the Queen of England. Gravity was borrowed through French from Latin gravitās, from gravis "heavy."
WORD FAMILY
gravity: gravitate, gravities+/grave: graved, gravely, graveness, gravest, graving, gravity/gravitate: gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitative/gravitation: gravitational, gravitations/gravitational: gravitationally
USAGE EXAMPLES
Adding to the potential for tension is the fact that Trump’s White House is being set up with rival centers of gravity.
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
Here too, the laws of gravity imply that the outer stars should move relatively slowly compared to those nearer the central mass.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
So astronomers proposed that invisible dark matter must be providing the extra gravity needed to hold galaxies together.
The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)
1
n (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
the more remote the body the less the gravity
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
solar gravity
the gravity of the sun
attraction, attractive force
the force by which one object attracts another
2
1n a manner that is serious and solemn
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
graveness, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness
stodginess, stuffiness
dull and pompous gravity
earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity
the trait of being serious
2n a solemn and dignified feeling
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
solemnity
levity
feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
earnestness, seriousness, sincerity
an earnest and sincere feeling
feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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