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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。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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/
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Without weight.
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Not affected by gravity.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。