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gradual 音标拼音: [gr'ædʒuəl]
a. 逐渐的,渐增的,徐徐的
n. 赞美诗 逐渐的,渐增的,徐徐的赞美诗 gradual adj 1: proceeding in small stages; " a gradual increase in prices" [ ant: { sudden}] 2: ( of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; " a gradual slope" [ ant: { steep}] n 1: ( Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon ( usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at MassGradual \ Grad" u* al\, n. [ LL. graduale a gradual ( in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See { Grade}, and cf. { Grail} a gradual.] 1. ( R. C. Ch.) ( a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. ( b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A series of steps. [ Obs.] -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Gradual \ Grad" u* al"\; a. [ Cf; F. graduel. See { Grade}, and cf. { Gradual}, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. [ 1913 Webster] Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for " gradual": ambling, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deliberate, dilatory, easy, even, faltering, flagging, foot- dragging, gentle, halting, hobbled, hobbling, idle, inchmeal, indolent, lagging, languid, languorous, lazy, leisurely, limping, lumbering, moderate, piecemeal, poking, poky, regular, relaxed, reluctant, sauntering, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow- crawling, slow- foot, slow- going, slow- legged, slow- moving, slow- paced, slow- poky, slow- running, slow- sailing, slow- stepped, sluggish, snail- paced, snaillike, staggering, steady, step- by- step, strolling, tentative, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, trudging, turtlelike, unhurried, waddling
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