graceful

读音

• /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/ US · 英國

释义

1. 優美的，優雅的

   She is a graceful dancer.

   她是一位优雅的舞者。

   The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

2. 莊重的；溫文的，親切的

   The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.

   这位运动员从容地接受了备受争议的第二名的成绩，赢得了观众的钦佩。

3. 隨時間慢慢衰弱

   Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown.

   彻底关闭系统将保留操作系统和一些日志文件，但同样会破坏RAM的内容（易失性数据）。Windows和Linux是两种需要平滑关闭的操作系统。

   2009，Dale Liu，Cisco Router and Switch Forensics：