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easiest 音标拼音: ['iziəst] 最容易的 最容易的 Easy \ Eas" y\, a. [ Compar. { Easier}; superl. { Easiest}.] [ OF. aisi[' e], F. ais[' e], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See { Ease}, v. t.] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: ( a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. ( b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. ( c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. " The easy vigor of a line." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. " Easy ways to die." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. [ 1913 Webster] It were an easy leap. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. [ 1913 Webster] He gained their easy hearts. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to { tight}. [ 1913 Webster] { Honors are easy} ( Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned. [ 1913 Webster] |
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