English Dictionary

gracile

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

形容詞

未分類 比喩的用法

(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. / (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. / Graceful or gracefully slender.

日本語の意味

華奢な、細身の / 優雅でしなやかな / （主に動物や骨格に関して）スレンダーな体格の

The gracile branches of the willow brushed the canal's surface as if tracing elegant calligraphy.

しなやかな柳の枝が運河の水面を撫で、まるで優雅な書道の線を描くかのようだった。

意味（1）

(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.

意味（2）

(chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.

This tentative comparison, plus consideration of individual skulls, shows the Neolithic pre-Greeks more Mediterranean than the Greeks, with emphasis on intermediate or gracile Mediterranean rather more than on the rugged Basic White trend, …

意味（3）

Graceful or gracefully slender.

[A} band of dancers run upon the stage and perform a sylvan dance with gracile wavings of branches or the clinking of cymbals.

more gracile （ comparative ）

most gracile （ superlative ）