1. 1芭蕾般優美的

    Movements that are balletic are in the way ballet is : light, controlled, stretched, as if the body is drawing a line in the air.

    Movements that are balletic帶著balletic感的動作 are graceful in the way ballet is graceful優美的方式就跟芭蕾一樣優美:light輕盈、controlled有控制力、stretched延展開來,as if the body is drawing a line in the air好像身體正在空中畫一條線。

    You hear it a lot in sports talk — a runner, a gymnast, a footballer, a basketball player who turns or lands in a beautiful way. You can also hear it for an animal, or, more loosely, for the way someone moves a camera or a brush.

    You你 hear it a lot in sports talk常常在體育評論裡聽到它——a runner, a gymnast, a footballer, a basketball player指一個who turns or lands in a beautiful way(轉身turns或落地lands姿態很beautiful美)的跑者、體操選手、足球員、籃球員。You你 can also hear it for an animal也可以用來形容一隻動物,or, more loosely或更寬鬆地,for the way someone moves a camera or a brush用來形容某人移動攝影機或畫筆的方式。

    The picture is still “as elegant as ballet.” It is a slightly fancy adjective, more at home in writing and commentary than in the playground.

    The picture畫面 is still “as elegant as ballet.”還是「像芭蕾一樣優雅」。It它 is a slightly fancy adjective是個有點講究的形容詞,more at home in writing and commentary than in the playground比較常出現在文字和評論裡,而不是操場上。

    It does not mean “about the subject of ballet.” A balletic leap is a leap that feels like ballet. A ballet class is the class.

    It它 does not mean “about the subject of ballet.”不代表「跟芭蕾這個主題有關」。A balletic leap一個balletic的跳躍 is a leap that feels like ballet是感覺像芭蕾的跳躍。A ballet class芭蕾課 is the class才是那種課本身。

    , heavy, or stiff movement is the opposite of this word.

    Clumsy, heavy, or stiff movement笨拙、沉重或僵硬的動作 is the opposite of this word就是這個字的反面。

core核心畫面

組成From ballet + -ic: ballet for the dance, -ic for “like / of that kind.”

同家族的字

  • balletthe dance whose grace this adjective copies
  • ballerinaa woman who dances ballet; same dance stem

原始詞典資料1 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。

balleticadj/ˌbəˈlɛtɪk/

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    Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.

    • Federer […]played the game with a balletic grace beyond modern compare. He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.

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