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The state of having no weight — the noun for the condition describes.
The state of having no weight指完全沒有重量的狀態—— the noun for the condition weightless describes是形容詞weightless所描述的那個狀態的名詞形式。
It is mostly a science and space word: astronauts train for weightlessness in a big water tank, and long periods of weightlessness make muscles and bones grow weaker. Because it is a noun you use it for the condition itself, not for a person or thing: "the effects of weightlessness on the human body".
It is mostly a science and space word它主要是科學和太空用語: astronauts train for weightlessness in a big water tank太空人會在大水槽裡訓練適應失重, and long periods of weightlessness make muscles and bones grow weaker長時間處於失重狀態會讓肌肉和骨骼變弱。 Because it is a noun you use it for the condition itself, not for a person or thing因為它是名詞,用來指狀態本身,而不是指人或物: "the effects of weightlessness on the human body"「the effects of weightlessness on the human body(失重對人體的影響)」。
Outside science it can describe a feeling — the weightlessness you feel when a lift drops quickly, or the pleasant weightlessness of floating in the sea. It is a long, formal-sounding word; in speech people more often just say "zero gravity" or "being ".
Outside science it can describe a feeling在科學之外,它也可以形容一種感覺—— the weightlessness you feel when a lift drops quickly電梯快速下降時你感覺到的那種失重感、 or the pleasant weightlessness of floating in the sea或是漂浮在海裡那種舒服的失重感。 It is a long, formal-sounding word這是個又長又正式的字; in speech people more often just say "zero gravity" or "being weightless"講話時人們更常直接說「zero gravity(零重力)」或「being weightless(處於失重)」。
組成weight (重量) + -less (沒有…) + -ness (…的狀態)。-ness 把形容詞變成名詞,指那個狀態本身
同家族的字
- weightlessthe adjective this noun is built from
- happinesssame -ness ending: the state of being happy
- darknesssame -ness ending: the state of being dark
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。
weightlessnessnoun
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The state of being free from the effects of gravity (the force).
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An experience or instance of being weightless.
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。