lightness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. the condition of being illuminated uncountable
    — Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear.
  2. The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force. uncountable
    — The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive.
  3. the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour uncountable
  4. Agility of movement. uncountable
  5. The product of being illuminated. countable
  6. Freedom from worry. uncountable
    — In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
  7. Levity, frivolity; inconsistency. uncountable
    — Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?

词形变化

lightnesses plural lightnesse alternative lightnesse alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).
词源 2
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English *lēohtnes (“lightness”) (compare Old English lēohtmōdnes (“lightness”, literally “light-moodedness”), līhtingnes (“lightness, alleviation”)); equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Middle Low German luchtnisse, lüchtnisse (“lightness, frivolity, joyfulness”).
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