- 1若無其事地、一派輕鬆地、輕描淡寫地
If you say or do something airily, you do it as if it were light and not a problem — you are not worried, or you do not treat the thing as serious. The voice is easy, almost floating.
If you say or do something airily如果你airily地說或做某件事you do it as if it were light and not a problem你做的樣子好像那不是什麼大不了的問題you are not worried, or you do not treat the thing as serious你並不擔心或者你沒把這件事當回事The voice is easy, almost floating語氣很輕鬆幾乎是飄的
That can sound calm and confident, but it can also sound as if you do not care, or as if you are brushing someone off. “She airily said it would be fine” often means she did not really look at the trouble.
That can sound calm and confident那樣可以聽起來冷靜又自信but it can also sound as if you do not care, or as if you are brushing someone off但也可能聽起來像你不在乎或是在打發某人"She airily said it would be fine"「She airily said it would be fine」這句話often means she did not really look at the trouble通常表示她根本沒真的正視那個麻煩
It comes from airy, which can mean light, open, and not heavy; airily is the ‘in that manner’ form.
It comes from airy它來自airywhich can mean light, open, and not heavy意思可以是輕盈、開闊、不沉重airily is the 'in that manner' formairily是它的「用那種方式」型態
It is a little literary: you meet it in stories and in slightly careful speech more than in playground talk. It never means “by plane” or “in the air.”
It is a little literary它有點文學氣息you meet it in stories and in slightly careful speech more than in playground talk你會在故事裡、稍微講究的說話裡遇到它多過在操場上的閒聊It never means "by plane" or "in the air."它絕對不是「搭飛機」或「在空中」的意思
core核心畫面
組成From airy + -ly. airy is light or not serious; -ly turns it into ‘in that way.’
同家族的字
- airythe adjective this adverb is built from: light, not heavy or serious
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
airilyadv/ˈeɹ.ə.li/
- 1
In an airy manner.
- 2
lightly
- In both those cases, the conservative majority operated similarly to how it behaved in J.G.G.—airily ignoring the danger posed by Trump’s actions to the republic and the people he has harmed.
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