English Dictionary

lightness

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlaɪtnəs/

名詞

不可算名詞

The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force. / Agility of movement. / Freedom from worry. / Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.

日本語の意味

物体が軽い状態、あるいは重力の影響が少なく、軽量であること。 / 動きが機敏で、軽やかに移動できる特性。 / 心配や不安がなく、気楽な状態。 / 軽薄さや浮ついた性格、真面目さに欠ける状態。

The lightness of the box made moving it much easier.

その箱の軽さのおかげで、移動がずっと楽になった。

意味（1）

The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.

The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive.

意味（2）

Agility of movement.

意味（3）

Freedom from worry.

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

意味（4）

Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.

, New York 2001, p.75: Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?