levitation

英 [ˌlevɪ'teɪʃn] 美 [ˌlevɪ'teɪʃn]

• n. 飘浮

英英释义

Noun:

1. the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means

2. movement upward in virtue of lightness

3. the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means

经典引文

• The invisibility of all the machinery gave an extraordinary effect of independent levitation.

  出自： H. G. Wells

• A standing offer of s1,000 to any medium who can produce physical phenomena such as..levitation..under test conditions.

  出自：Listener

• 'Magnetic levitation'..could turn out to be the most important advance in transport technology.

  出自：Observer

词汇搭配

• levitate (使)升空
• magnetic-levitation train 磁浮火车
• levitation melting 悬浮熔融,悬浮熔炼,...

近反义词

【近义词】

• rising 上升
• raising 举起的
• hovering 停悬
• floating 浮动的
• flying 飞似的

【反义词】

• gravitation [物]引力