- 1失重的;輕飄飄的。太空、水中都用「失重」;形容衣服、食物很輕時用「輕盈」比較自然
Having no weight, or to have none.
Having no weight沒有重量,or seeming to have none或看起來沒有重量。
The true, scientific use is about space: astronauts floating inside a spacecraft are weightless, because they and the ship are falling together around the Earth, so nothing pushes up under their feet. People also say it about being in water — your body feels weightless in a swimming pool — and about anything so light it hardly seems to be there: a weightless silk scarf, a weightless cake.
The true, scientific use真正、科學上的用法 is about space是講太空的情況:astronauts floating inside a spacecraft太空人在太空船裡飄浮 are weightless是失重的,because they and the ship因為他們和太空船 are falling together around the Earth一起繞著地球墜落,so nothing pushes up under their feet所以腳底下沒有東西撐著往上頂。 People also say it大家也會這樣說 about being in water指在水裡的感覺 — your body feels weightless in a swimming pool你的身體在游泳池裡感覺輕飄飄的 — and about anything so light it hardly seems to be there也用在任何輕到幾乎感覺不到重量的東西上: a weightless silk scarf像一條輕盈的絲巾, a weightless cake一個輕盈的蛋糕。
Writers like it because it also suggests being free of worry: "I felt weightless when the exam was over." It is a positive, pleasant-sounding word almost every time.
Writers作家 like it because it also suggests being free of worry喜歡用它,因為它也帶有卸下煩惱的感覺:"I felt weightless when the exam was over."「考完試後我覺得整個人輕飄飄的。」 It is a positive, pleasant-sounding word almost every time這個字幾乎每次聽起來都是正面、討喜的。
core核心畫面
組成weight (重量) + -less (沒有…)。-less 這個字尾來自古英語 -lēas,本義是「鬆開、脫離」,所以 weightless 就是「和重量脫了關係」
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。
weightlessadj/ˈweɪt.ləs/
- 1
Without weight.
- 2
Not affected by gravity.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。