graceful
adj
1 showing a pleasing beauty of form, movement or manner (形式、 动作或举止)优雅的, 优美的
a graceful dancer 绰约多姿的跳舞者
a graceful leap 优美的跳跃
the graceful curves of the new bridge 新桥的美丽曲线.
2 pleasing in both style and attitude; polite and considerate 得体的; 礼貌而周到的
His refusal was worded in such a graceful way that we could not be offended. 他婉言谢绝, 无损於我们颜面.
Do you have a doctor, Shylock, to stop Antonio's blood?
夏洛克,你是否请了医生来给安东尼奥止血呢?
The farmer cut off part of his foot to make sure he could not run away again.
农场主把他的一只脚砍掉了一块,以确保他不能再逃跑。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.