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weightless

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++weight·less /ˈweɪtləs/ adjective  LIGHT/NOT HEAVYsomething that is weightless seems to have no weight, especially when it is floating in space or water 〔尤指在太空或水中〕失重的;没有重量的weightlessness noun [uncountable]
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weightlessAstronauts have problems moving around in the spacecraft because they are virtually weightless.Suddenly, for the first time since Eno, it's hip to be weightless.They are golden boys, about 17 or 18, and apparently weightless.She felt weightless as they pitched into empty air.But would any be psychologically or physically fit enough to spend two or three years in a weightless box?They come from a weightless environment.This is how weightless I feel right now.I felt weightless, light as a ballet dancer.Gravity returned, though briefly, to the weightless world of the control deck.
weight·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
something no weightless Corpus is seems to especially have weight, that


weightless
weightless /ˈweɪtləs/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: overweightunderweight, weighted, weighty, weightless; verb: weigh, outweigh, weight; noun: weight, weights, weighting
something that is weightless seems to have no weight, especially when it is floating in space or water
—weightlessness noun [uncountable]


weight·lessBrE /ˈweɪtləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweɪtləs/ 🔊 adjectivehaving no weight or appearing to have no weight, for example because there is no gravity 无重量的;似无重量的;失重的Astronauts work in weightless conditions. 宇航员在失重的条件下工作。🔊🔊

astronaut, countdown, dock, launch, mission, orbit, rocket, satellite, space, weightless

weight·less·ness BrE /ˈweɪtləsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweɪtləsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]