| 单词 | agile |
| 释义 | agile (once / 1098 pages) adj On water skis she was agile and made sharp turns and long arcs cutting through the water, but she was a lot less agile on the snowboard, landing on her face and hands as she clunked down the slopes. People and things can be agile, or quick and graceful. Car commercials talk of "agile handling," and nature-shows feature spry creatures who survive by being agile among more slow-footed and clumsy animals. Human and virtual minds also earn the description agile when they're sharp and grasp ideas or reason with speed and easy logic. Things that are agile often are thought to be light, but even heavy machines like trains and large people like sumo wrestlers can be agile. WORD FAMILYagile: agilely, agilest, agility+/agility: agilities USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Pan Pan was really fast and agile when he was young,” the spokesman said. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) In computer-based agile programming, small teams reinforce positive signals about the way their code is working online. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj moving quickly and lightly sleek and agile as a gymnast Syn nimble, quick, spry active characterized by energetic activity 2adj mentally quick an agile mind Syn nimble intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
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