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mellow

音標['mel?u] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 成熟的, 醇的, 熟練的

詞型變化:

名詞:mellowness 副詞:mellowly 形容詞比較級:mellower 最高級:mellowest 動詞過去式:mellowed 過去分詞:mellowed 現在分詞:mellowing 第三人稱單數:mellows 

英文解釋:

動詞 mellow:

  1. soften, make mellow
  2. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
    同義詞:melt, mellow out
  3. make or grow (more) mellow

形容詞 mellow:

  1. unhurried and relaxed
    同義詞:laid-back
  2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
    同義詞:mellowed
  3. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
    同義詞:mellowed
  4. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
  5. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
    同義詞:high

副詞 mellow:

  1. (obsolete) in a mellow manner
    同義詞:mellowly

例句:

  1. The orchestra had a distinctively warm and mellow sound.
    這個管弦樂隊演奏的特色是聲音優美柔和
  2. Age has mellowed his attitude to some things.
    他隨著年齡的增加,對某些事情的看法已日趨成熟。
  3. He has a mellow attitude to life.
    他對生活有種成熟的看法。
  4. A few more years will mellow the wine.
    再過幾年這酒就會香醇。
  5. As they mature, many young radicals mellow into a more tolerant attitude towards life and society.
    隨著逐漸成熟,許多年輕的激進分子對 生活和社會漸持較為寬容態度

詳細解釋:


mel.low

adj.(形容詞)
mel.low.er,mel.low.est

Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness:
成熟的,甘美多汁的:因成熟而柔軟的、甜蜜的、多汁的、味濃的:
例句:
a mellow fruit.
軟熟多汁的果實

Suggesting softness or sweetness:
柔和的,甜蜜的:使人覺得柔軟與甜蜜的:
例句:
.The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn.(Thomas Hardy)
.甜美芳香的空氣給人以秋天將至的感覺.(托馬斯·哈迪)

Rich and soft in quality:
芳醇的:質地醇厚甜軟的:
例句:
a mellow sound; a mellow wine.
醇厚甜軟的聲音;芳醇的葡萄

Having the gentleness, wisdom, or tolerance often characteristic of maturity.
老練的,穩健的:具有常被作為成熟之特徵溫和性情智慧和忍耐力
Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing:
放鬆的,不急躁的;易相處的:
例句:
a mellow friend; a mellow conversation.
易相處的朋友悠閒自在的談話

Slang
【俚語】
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated.
微醉的:因微醉而感到輕鬆和愉快
Pleasantly high from a drug, especially from smoking marijuana.
飄飄然的:因食用藥物,尤指因吸食 * 而感覺愉快而輕飄飄的
Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil.
(指土壤濕潤的,富饒的,柔軟的,肥沃
v.tr.intr.(及物動詞和不及物動詞)
mel.lowed,mel.low.ing,mel.lows
To make or become mellow.
使甘美多汁,變熟

<常用詞組>mellow out 【俚語】
To become genial and pleasant; relax:
變得和藹愉快;放鬆:
例句:
.The cowboy mellowed out when they read him a sweet letter from his wife.(Bobbie Ann Mason)
.當他們給他念了他妻子的來信後,這個牛仔變得樂陶陶的.(鮑比·安·梅森)

來源:
Middle English melwe
中古英文 melwe
perhaps from melowe
可能源自 melowe
variant of mele [ground grain, meal] * see meal
mele的變體 [穀物,飯] *參見 meal

【引伸】
mel.lowly
adv.(副詞)
mel.lowness
n.(名詞)

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