| 单词 | tender-tempered |
| 释义 | > as lemmastender-tempered tender-tempered adj. ΚΠ 1882 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs ii Arab stallions,..sure-footed as a mule, and tender-tempered as a baby. tender-tempered CompoundsCombinations; chiefly parasynthetic adjectives, as tender-bearded, tender-bladed, tender-bodied, tender-bowelled, tender-faced, tender-handed, tender-hoofed, tender-hued, tender-natured, tender-personed, tender-skinned, tender-slanted, tender-souled, tender-spirited, tender-tempered, tender-witted, etc. C1. = tenderly. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 85 A Tree, whose tender-bearded Root being spred In dryest sand. tender-bladed adj. ΚΠ 1709 N. Tate tr. Ovid Remedy of Love in Ovid's Art of Love 273 The tender-bladed grain, Shot up to stalk. tender-bodied adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 5 When yet hee was but tender-bodied . View more context for this quotation tender-bowelled adj. ΚΠ 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) 162 Be tender-bowelled, pitiful, and gentle. tender-domestic adj. ΚΠ 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 One of those natures Which have their perfect delight in the general tender-domestic. tender-faced adj. ΚΠ 1823 W. Taylor in Mirror 12 July He [Thomson] was so tender-faced..and so devilish difficult to shave. tender-handed adj. ΚΠ a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 120 Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains. ΚΠ 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iii. i Thy conscience is so tender-hoof'd of late, Every nail pricks it. tender-imped adj. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 356 Obserue a while our tender-ymped Lark. tender-looking adj. tender-natured adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adjective] softc1175 mild-hearteda1200 moll1386 tender-hearted1539 melch-hearted1552 tenderly1567 feeling1583 frail1590 tender1595 tender-minded1608 sensible1631 high-strung1653 emollid1656 tender-natured1656 sensitive1735 sentimental1749 soulful1837 weak-hearted1841 1656 Duchess of Newcastle True Relation in Natures Pictures 388 Also I am tender natured, for it troubles my Conscience to kill a fly. tender-personed adj. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 41 The tender-person'd Lamia. tender-slanted adj. ΚΠ a1868 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 175 Crisp lips, straight nose, and tender-slanted cheek. tender-souled adj. ΚΠ 1872 J. A. Symonds Introd. Study Dante 248 Most tender-souled of feudal heroes. tender-spirited adj. ΚΠ 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xv. 230 Martha was so tearful and tender-spirited, and unlike her usual self, that I said as little as possible about myself. tender-taken adj. ΚΠ a1821 J. Keats Last Sonn. Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever—or else swoon to death. tender-tempered adj. ΚΠ 1882 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs ii Arab stallions,..sure-footed as a mule, and tender-tempered as a baby. ΚΠ 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 542 b The children, whiche eyther are tender, or tender witted, or fearefull, or easye to be reclaymed: the Scholemaster ought gently to entreat. C2. Special combinations. tender-dying adj. dying young. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > dying prematurely untimely1606 tender-dyinga1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. vii. 48 As lookes the Mother on her lowly Babe, When Death doth close his tender-dying Eyes. View more context for this quotation tender-eared adj. having tender ears; (figurative), sensitive to blame or criticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] > sensitive to criticism tender-eared1529 narrow in the shoulders1551 thin-skinned1680 skinless1823 weak-skinned1933 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > type or quality of hearing > [adjective] > good hearing > discriminating quick-eared1609 nice-eareda1843 tender-eared1911 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 248/1 The bad themself be not so tendereared, that for the only talking of their faultes they would banish the bokes that were good in other thinges besyde. 1683 Bp. W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Encomium Moriæ Pref. (1709) 8 Which makes me wonder at the tender-eared humour of this age. 1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy (1912) 88 Two hares..Wide-eyed and tender-eared. tender-eyed adj. (a) having tender or sore eyes; †(b) fond, doting, partial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] tender-eyed1535 fond1539 doting1541 doted1550 besotted1580 mally1592 twitterpated1942 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > sore tender-eyed1535 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > dim > having tender or bleary eyes tender-eyed1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxix. B Lea was tender eyed [Wycliffite with blerid eyen]. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Pitañoso Bleare eied, tender eied. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iii. sig. D4v You must not thinke my sister, so tender eyed as not to see your follies. tender-floss n. [floss n.3] see quot. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > other types of cast iron grey iron1665 white iron1665 run metal1741 white cast iron1792 mottled iron1836 tender-floss1839 pot metal1854 semi-steel1858 silicon iron1878 white-heart1911 white-heart1928 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 712 If its fracture be contorted, and contains a great many empty spaces or air-cells, the metal [cast iron] takes the name of cavernous-floss, or tender-floss. tender-foreheaded adj. modest, ready to blush. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] simplec1300 measurablec1330 methec1390 murec1390 smallc1405 soleinc1450 timorous1474 modest1561 unbragging1570 unboldened1591 unpresuming1607 bragless1609 unambitious1621 boastless1632 unpompous1656 verecundous1656 sober1659 tender-foreheaded1659 unpragmatical1673 unpretending1681 unpresumptuous1704 unimportant1727 unaspiringa1729 inambitious1729 unassuming1730 unostentatiousa1739 unboastful1744 pretensionless1748 unarrogating1748 uncontending1748 unopinionated1775 unboasting1802 underbearing1802 mousy1812 un-ultra1817 unarrogant1831 low-flying1835 unconceited1838 unpretentious1838 uninflated1861 unvain1863 unbumptious1865 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > having sense of shame or decency shamefula950 pudic1490 pudicala1513 pudent1558 pudibund1656 tender-foreheaded1659 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 47 The Gnosticks..were tender-foreheaded..people compared to those high-crested and Seraphick Sophisters. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 94 What need then, that Christians should be so tender-foreheaded, as to be put out of countenance. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > characteristic of womanisha1393 womanlyc1400 feminec1425 femininec1425 she1531 wifish1535 female1566 ladylike1566 womenish1604 tender-hefteda1616 ladied1628 feminary1630 feminile1650 feminal1875 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] stillc825 tamec888 nesheOE mildeOE softOE lithea1000 daftc1000 methefulOE sefteOE meekc1175 benign1377 pleasablea1382 mytha1400 tendera1400 unfelona1400 mansuetea1425 meeta1425 gentlec1450 moy1487 placablea1522 facile1539 effeminate1594 silver1596 mildya1603 unmalicious1605 uncruel1611 maliceless1614 tender-hefteda1616 unpersecutive1664 baby-milda1845 rose water1855 turtlish1855 unvindictive1857 soft-boiled1859 tenderful1901 soft-lining1967 a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) ii. ii. 344 Thy tender-hefted [1608 hested] Nature shall not giue Thee o're to harshnesse. tender-mouthed adj. (a) of a horse: having a tender mouth, answering readily to the rein; †(b) fastidious, dainty, choice; (c) gentle in speaking, not harsh. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > obedient or well-trained well-moutheda1425 freea1470 well-mettled1595 light-borne1611 well-managed1612 tender-mouthed1620 made1796 bridle-wise1811 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy lickerousc1315 lickerish?a1500 epicure1545 friand1598 fine-toothed1601 tender-mouthed1620 turtle-eating1760 gastronomous1828 turtle-feeding1834 gastrophilite1835 turtle-fed1847 turtly1868 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > having dainty appetite or palate wanton1530 lickerish-lipped1577 lickerous-toothed1579 nice-stomached1604 tender-mouthed1620 nice-palated1683 toothsome1837 pensy1866 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 72 Some (That are very tender mouthed) deeme this fish not so pleasant in taste. 1708 Yorkshire-Racers 3 He's tender-mouthed, manag'd with easy bit. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii Þe redyer and moste tendrenosed hounde. 1700 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 120 The other tow tender nosed gentlemen would not come. tenderpad n. [Formed after tenderfoot n. 2: see pad n.2 7] a recruit to the Cub Scout movement who has passed the tenderpad test. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides Boy Scout1908 patrol leader1908 scout1908 scoutmaster1908 tenderfoot1908 captain1909 Girl Guide1909 Girl Scout1909 lieutenant1909 pathfinder1911 sea scout1911 rosebud1914 brownie1916 sixer1916 tenderpad1916 Brown Owl1918 rover1918 Rover Scout1918 ranger1920 tawny owl1921 Cub1922 Akela1924 scouter1930 Guider1931 den mother1936 Queen's Guide1946 Queen's Scout1952 Venture Scout1966 Beaver1975 skipper1986 1916 R. Baden-Powell Wolf Cub's Handbk. i. ii. 25 A boy Wolf Cub is called a ‘Recruit’ till he has learnt the Cub laws and secret signs, and then he is admitted to be a ‘Tender-pad’, and to wear the uniform of the Wolf Cubs. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 158 I received a cap, but no badge (‘Not till you pass yer tenderpad test.’). tender-sided adj. [? after crank-sided] = sense A. 10e ( Cent. Dict. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > walnut walnutc1050 white walnut1624 butternut1670 tender-skull1691 Madeira nut1791 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut > types of French walnut1639 bird-nut1676 tender-skull1691 high-flyer1820 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 174 Walnuts. The Early..Tender Scull and Hard. ΚΠ 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 94 Tender-tinder of Affection, If I harbour thee againe, I will doe it by direction, Of some graue experienc't swaine. < as lemmas |
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