| 单词 | levitate |
| 释义 | levitate (once / 19126 pages) v To levitate is to float in the air, defying gravity. It also means to cause something to do that. With a magnetic force — or a magic wand — you might be able to make your teacher levitate above your classroom. Levitate comes from the Latin levis, meaning “light.” Something that is light can levitate easily. Magicians levitate things like pigs and snowmobiles and women as part of their shows. In architecture, certain structures can be raised or suspended so as to appear to levitate. WORD FAMILYlevitate: levitated, levitates, levitating, levitation+/levitation: levitations USAGE EXAMPLESAbove him, lights in an enormous custom Leo Villareal LED sculpture levitated like bubbles of expensive champagne. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Rayonism predated Malevich’s levitating Suprematist abstractions, 14 examples of which lord it over the next gallery. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) At particularly dramatic moments, Gardner practically levitated off the podium, sometimes gripping his baton with both hands and flailing it as if wielding a weapon. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1v cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity The magician levitated the woman Syn|Hyper hover be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise raise from a lower to a higher position 2v be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity The guru claimed that he could levitate Syn hover |
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