| 单词 | agile |
| 释义 | ag·ile 1. < as bright-eyed and agile as the hares and slim gazelles — Elinor Wylie > 2. < the work of a … sympathetic intelligence, agile, humane, and … persuasive — A.D.Culler > Synonyms: < I saw her bounding down the rocky slope like some wild, agile creature possessed of padded hoofs and an infallible instinct — W.H.Hudson > < Silver, agile as a monkey, even without leg or crutch, was on the top of him next moment — R.L.Stevenson > Applied to mental or intellectual matters it suggests ready adaptability and ability to change and adjust < in a flow of racy comment, skimming from one topic to another with an agile irrelevance — Rose Macaulay > nimble stresses lightness and ease of sudden physical motion and suggests ability to dart, dash, or skip; applied to matters mental it suggests quick comprehension and ready responsiveness to change < out ran the two maidens, their frocks flying, nimble feet scudding over the springy turf — Mary Webb > < the mind and the body have in this respect a striking resemblance of each other. In childhood they are both nimble, but not strong; they can skip and frisk about with wonderful agility — William Cowper > brisk suggests lively energetic activity or vivacity; it often applies to manner or attitude rather than physical capability or dexterity < a brisk wind sending small white clouds scudding across the vast East Anglian sky — Osbert Lancaster > < that brisk, managing, lively, imperious woman — W.M.Thackeray > spry indicates an ability for quick easy activity, especially among the old or infirm in whom such ability may be unexpected < I'm a little lame, I ain't as spry as I used to be — J.K.Jerome > < poor Canon Bonnyboat could only limp … whereas Reverend Mother was still as spry as a sparrow — Bruce Marshall > |
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