suavity
英 ['swɑ?v?t?]
美['sw?v?ti]
- n. 柔和，溫和；愉快
英文詞源
- suavity (n.)
- c. 1400, "pleasantness, delightfulness; kindness, gentleness," from Latin suavitatem (nominative suavitas) "sweetness, agreeableness," from suavis (see suave). Some later senses are from French suavité, from Old French soavite "gentleness, sweetness, softness," from the Latin word.
雙語例句
- 1. But the well - bred, artificial smile, when he bent upon the guests, had its wonted steely suavity.
- 但是他哈著腰向賓客招呼的那種彬彬有禮 、 故意裝成的笑容里, 卻仍然具有它平時那種沉著的殷勤.
來自辭典例句
- 2. He's got a surface flow of suavity, but he's rough as a rasp underneath.
- 他表面看來和和氣氣的, 其實是個粗野狂暴的惡棍.
來自辭典例句