| 单词 | tender |
| 释义 | tender (once / 65 pages) 1adjv 2adj 3adj 4adj 5vn 6n If you're tender, it means you're fragile, sensitive, easily bruised or gentle. Young, easily cut beef and a sentimental heart can both be called tender. The many meanings attributed to tender developed over time. In the early 13th century, the word meant soft or easily injured. About a hundred years later, its meaning expanded to include kind and loving. Skip forward another century, and tender could also imply a lack of maturity. WORD FAMILYtender: tendered, tenderer, tenderest, tendering, tenderise, tenderize, tenderized, tenderly, tenderness, tenders+/tend: tended, tendency, tender, tending, tends/tended: untended/tendency: tendencies, tendencious, tendentious/tendentious: tendentiously, tendentiousness/tenderise: tenderisation, tenderised, tenderiser/tenderize: tenderization, tenderizer, tenderizes, tenderizing/tenderizer: tenderizers/tenderness: tendernesses/tending: tendings USAGE EXAMPLESThe round £1 will be legal tender alongside the new, more-secure coin until October 15. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) That led the Peruvian government to announce on Wednesday that the company would not be permitted to participate in the country's future public works tenders. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) This is a tender, moving tribute to a great author. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj easy to cut or chew tender beef Syn|Ant comestible, eatable, edible suitable for use as food chewable, cuttableeasy to cut or chew crisp, crispytender and brittle flakey, flakymade of or easily forming flakes tenderised, tenderizedmade tender as by marinating or pounding tough resistant to cutting or chewing inedible, uneatablenot suitable for food cartilaginous, gristly, rubberydifficult to chew chewyrequiring much chewing coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leatheryresembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew fibrous, hempenhaving or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute tough-skinnedhaving a relatively tough outer covering 2v make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer 2Syn|Hyper tenderise, tenderize alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 1adj given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality a tender heart a tender smile tender loving care tender memories a tender mother Syn|Ant soft compassionate and kind; conciliatory protectiveshowing care sentimentalgiven to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality tough not given to gentleness or sentimentality harddispassionate insensitivedeficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacioustough and callous by virtue of experience tough-minded, unsentimentalfacing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination 2adj having or displaying warmth or affection 3a tender glance Syn affectionate, fond, lovesome, warm loving feeling or showing love and affection 1adj young and immature at a tender age Syn immature, young (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth 2adj physically untoughened tender feet Syn|Ant untoughened weak wanting in physical strength delicate, softeasily hurt tough, toughened physically toughened ruggedsturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring experienced, experienthaving experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation stronghaving strength or power greater than average or expected callous, calloused, thickenedhaving calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear enured, hardened, inuredmade tough by habitual exposure weather-beatentanned and coarsened from being outdoors 3adj hurting the tender spot on his jaw Syn raw, sensitive, sore painful causing physical or psychological pain 4adj (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition 4tender green shoots Syn delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury adj (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail 5Syn crank, cranky, tippy unstable lacking stability or fixity or firmness 1v propose a payment Syn|Hypo bid, offer by-bid bid on behalf of someone else subscribeoffer to buy, as of stocks and shares overbidbid more than the object is worth underbidbid too low outbidbid higher than others underbidbid lower than a competing bidder 2v offer or present for acceptance Hyper gift, give, present give as a present; make a gift of 3v make a tender of; in legal settlements Hyper offer, proffer present for acceptance or rejection 4n something that can be used as an official medium of payment Syn|Hypo|Hyper legal tender, stamp food stamp a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food medium of exchange, monetary system anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region 5n a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 6Syn|Hypo|Hyper bid overbid a bid that is higher than preceding bids buyout bida bid to buy all of a person's holdings offer, offering something offered (as a proposal or bid) 1n someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper attendant, attender Damocles the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) Comtesse Du Barrycourtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) Sir Walter RaleighEnglish courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Sir John SucklingEnglish poet and courtier (1609-1642) companion one paid to accompany or assist or live with another baggagemanan attendant who takes care of baggage batmanan orderly assigned to serve a British military officer bellboy, bellhop, bellmansomeone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels bridesmaid, maid of honoran unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding caddie, golf caddiean attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player checkeran attendant who checks coats or baggage courtieran attendant at the court of a sovereign cupbearerthe attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine equerrya personal attendant of the British royal family escortan attendant who is employed to accompany someone esquire(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood famulusa close attendant (as to a scholar) gilliea young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief groomsmana male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding lifeguard, lifesaveran attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents linkboy, linkman(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets loaderan attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game matron of honora married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding hospital attendant, orderlya male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients orderlya soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer page, varletin medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood pagea youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings rackeran attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack rockeran attendant who rocks a child in a cradle secondthe official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match servitorsomeone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else squireyoung nobleman attendant on a knight gallant, squirea man who attends or escorts a woman flight attendant, stewardan attendant on an airplane litter-bearer, stretcher-bearerone who helps carry a stretcher trainbearerone who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion arouser, rouser, wakersomeone who rouses others from sleep armiger, armor-bearera squire carrying the armor of a knight best manthe principal groomsman at a wedding check girl, hatcheck girla female checker color guarda ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors guard of honor, honor guardan escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral mindersomeone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors air hostess, hostess, stewardessa woman steward on an airplane guide, ushersomeone employed to conduct others assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 2n car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water Hyper car, railcar, railroad car, railway car a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad 3n ship that usually provides supplies to other ships Syn|Hyper supply ship ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight 4n a boat for communication between ship and shore Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutter, pinnace, ship's boat gig tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain boat a small vessel for travel on water |
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