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nimble 音標拼音: [n'ɪmbəl] a. 敏捷的,伶俐的,精明的 敏捷的,伶俐的,精明的 nimble adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; " sleek and agile as a gymnast"; " as nimble as a deer"; " nimble fingers"; " quick of foot"; " the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" [ synonym: { agile}, { nimble}, { quick}, { spry}] 2: mentally quick; " an agile mind"; " nimble wits" [ synonym: { agile}, { nimble}] Nimble \ Nim" ble\ ( n[ i^] m" b' l), a. [ Compar. { Nimbler} ( n[ i^] m" bl[~ e] r); superl. { Nimblest} ( n[ i^] m" bl[ e^] st).] [ OE. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take, AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel. nema, Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. ne` mein to distribute. [ root] 7. Cf. { Nomand}, { Numb}.] Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. [ 1913 Webster] Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, nimble- footed, nimble- pinioned, nimble- winged, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Nimble Will} ( Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass ({ Muhlenbergia diffusa}), of some repute for grazing purposes in the Mississippi valley. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt. [ 1913 Webster] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " nimble": active, acute, adroit, agile, alacritous, alert, alive, apt, attentive, awake, brainy, breakneck, bright, brilliant, brisk, catty, clever, coruscating, dashing, deft, dexterous, dispatchful, double- quick, eagle- winged, energetic, expeditious, express, fast, featly, fleet, flying, galloping, gifted, graceful, hair- trigger, handy, hasty, headlong, hustling, intelligent, keen, keen- witted, light, light of heel, light- footed, lightsome, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, neat- fingered, neat- handed, nimble- footed, nimble- witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, peart, precipitate, prompt, qui vive, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick- thinking, quick- witted, rapid, ready, reckless, running, scintillating, sharp, sharp- witted, sleepless, smart, snappy, spanking, sparkling, speedy, sprightly, spry, steel- trap, sure- footed, swift, talented, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide- awake, winged, zippy
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