rigidity
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/ 名词 C1中文： 刚性、僵硬、死板
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape. · moral rigidity· The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. · structural rigidity
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. · speak with excessive rigidity
- stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
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Had he looked he could hardly have failed to notice the tense rigidity and expectation of her attitude and expression.
The whole apartment was of a rigidity not to be described in words, but which sent a shiver to the very marrow of Anne’s bones.
Albert, however, hoped to indemnify himself for all these slights and indifferences during the Carnival, knowing full well that among the different states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot where even the wisest and gravest throw off the usual rigidity of their lives, and deign to mingle in the follies of this time of liberty and relaxation.
She tried to replace the arm, but it moved with a frightful rigidity which could not deceive a sick-nurse.
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