| 释义 |
soft-spoken, a.
Also 9 Sc. saft-.
[f. soft adv.]
1. Of persons: Having, or speaking with, a soft or gentle voice; plausible, affable.
1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. i. ii, One..who is exceedingly soft-spoken; thrifty of her speech. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 375 George Gosseltine, a sleek, smooth, silky, soft-spoken person. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xix, In gorgeous liveries as soft-spoken servants at gambling booths.
2. Of words: Spoken softly, gently, or affably; persuasive.
1887Morris Odyss. x. 70 So I spake, and with words soft-spoken besought them thereunto. |