English Dictionary

graceful

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/

形容詞

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion. / Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious. / (computing) Gradual and non-disruptive.

日本語の意味

動作や形、比率などにおいて、優雅で調和のとれた美しさを持つ様子 / 寛大で、わがままや不平不満を示さず、上品な性質を備えている / （コンピュータの文脈において）段階的で、シームレスな変化や移行が行われる状態

The graceful heron waited patiently at the pond's edge before striking at its prey.

その優雅なサギは池の縁でじっと待ち、獲物を捕らえるために飛びかかった。

意味（1）

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.

意味（2）

Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious.

The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.

意味（3）

(computing) Gradual and non-disruptive.

Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown.

more graceful （ comparative ）

most graceful （ superlative ）