| 单词 | mellowing |
| 释义 | Word Frequency mellowing(ˈmɛləʊɪŋ) adjective 1. softening and maturing Long slow cooking has a mellowing effect. It has a mellowing, softening effect on sharper flavours. It is this that produces the mellowing and oxidative characters of the maturing process. 2. having a softening effect in terms of colour If you can't wait for the brickwork to age naturally, there are ways of speedingup the mellowing process. 3. having a softening effect on a person's character or behaviour the mellowing effects of age I suspect that it has had some mellowing effect on my behaviour. She has a mellowing influence on me. |
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