Soften
['sɒf(ə)n] or ['sɔfn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) become soft or softer; 'The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it'.
(verb.) make soft or softer; 'This liquid will soften your laundry'.
(verb.) make (images or sounds) soft or softer.
克劳迪娅手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make soft or more soft.
(v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
(v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
(v. t.) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
(v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
(v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
(v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
(v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
(v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
(v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
埃塞尔手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Intenerate, melt, touch, make tender, make soft.[2]. Assuage, appease, mitigate, moderate, alleviate, soothe, mollify, quiet, calm, still, quell, allay, relieve, ease, abate, temper, qualify, attemper, dull, lessen, blunt.
v. n. Grow soft.
整理:怀亚特
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Mollify, palliate, compose, mitigate, assuage, dulcify, lenity, yield,macerate, humanize, abate, moderate
ANT:Harden, indurate, aggravate, excite, infuriate, consolidate
手打:珀西瓦尔
例句/造句/用法:
- You have no right to shut your eyes to any of it nor any right to forget any of it nor to soften it nor to change it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- But try, try--not for my sake, but for uncle's goodness, try to let your heart soften to me, only for a little little time! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- As the last thing on earth that his heart was to warm and soften to, it warmed and softened to this pitiable girl. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- As his lineaments soften with life, their faces and their hearts harden to him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- That would, indeed, be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of men of science, soften the asper ities of national hostility. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Marianne was softened in a moment. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Mr. Bruff's face softened, for the first time, into a smile. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She could never do enough for me and was remarkably softened now in comparison with what she had been when we first knew her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Her cordial look, when she put out her hand to him, softened his expression, but only with melancholy. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The steel for the manufacture of dies is carefully selected, forged at a high heat into the rough die, softened by careful annealing, and then handed over to the engraver. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- To her he soon turned, repeating much of what he had already said, with only a softened air and stronger expressions of regret. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- No, said Miss Jellyby, softening. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- To a softening down of your ideas of the incompatibility? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Well, well,' said Mr. Pickwick, with a sigh, but softening into a smile at the same time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It belonged in the list of softening, sensuous influences peculiar to this home of Eastern luxury. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The deeper he sank into this silence, the fainter hope there was--or so Darnay thought--of his softening in any slight degree. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It was a softening employment, and she had to brush away the unbidden tears as Mrs. Thornton was announced. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- When thoroughly dry it is grained with a toothed instrument on the flesh side and bruised on the grain or hair side for the purpose of softening the leather. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper,' said Mr. Bumble. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I judge by your looks, brave sir, that imprisonment will subdue your blood much sooner than it softens this hot wine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- This softens them and makes them more workable, and it also acts as a preservative. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This entirely softens the stern sire. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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