| 单词 | soft |
| 释义 | soft (once / 39 pages) 1adj 2adjadv 3adj 4adj 5adj 6adj 7adj 8adj 9adj WORD FAMILY soft: semisoft, soften, softer, softest, softish, softly, softness, softs+/soften: softened, softener, softening, softens/softener: softeners/softening: softenings/softness: softnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe sounds of soft, expert cork pops bounce percussively off every wall. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) People began to arrive, and the reminiscences flowed over soft Hawaiian music on the hi-fi. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) It was not a ballhawk recruited for his swiftness and soft hands. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj yielding readily to pressure or weight Syn|Ant brushed, fleecy, napped (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing cheeselikehaving the consistency of cheese compressible, squeezablecapable of being easily compressed cottonyresembling cotton; as soft as cotton cushioned, cushiony, paddedsoftened by the addition of cushions or padding demulcent, emollient, salving, softeninghaving a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin downlike, downy, flossy, fluffylike down or as soft as down flacciddrooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness flocculent, woolly, woolyhaving a fluffy character or appearance yieldinglacking stiffness and giving way to pressure mushyhaving the consistency of mush overstuffedupholstered thickly and deeply semisoft, softishsomewhat soft spongelike, spongy, squashy, squishyeasily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility velvet, velvetyresembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface hard resisting weight or pressure adamantinehaving the hardness of a diamond al denteof pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten corneous, hornlike, hornymade of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) firm, solidnot soft or yielding to pressure granitelike, granitic, rocklike, stonyhard as granite hardened, setconverted to solid form (as concrete) woodymade hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls petrous, stonelike(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness semihardsomewhat hard steelyresembling steel in hardness unyieldingresistant to physical force or pressure 2adj having little impact 2a soft (or light) tapping at the window Syn easy, gentle light of little intensity or power or force 1adj not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship a soft job Syn cushy, easygoing easy posing no difficulty; requiring little effort 2adj out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance he was too soft for the army Syn flabby, flaccid unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition 3adj easily hurt soft hands Syn delicate tender, untoughened physically untoughened 4adj not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) soft targets Ant hardened protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) 5adv in a relaxed manner; or without hardship 3Syn easy 1adj compassionate and kind; conciliatory he was soft on his children Syn|Ant mellow having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience tendergiven to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality warmheartedmarked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity hard dispassionate difficult, hardnot easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewdused of persons case-hardened, hard-boiled, hardenedused of persons; emotionally hardened steelyresembling steel as in hardness merciless, unmercifulhaving or showing no mercy insensitivedeficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive toughnot given to gentleness or sentimentality 2adj willing to negotiate and compromise Syn conciliative, conciliatory intended to placate 3adj tolerant or lenient too soft on the children they are soft on crime Syn indulgent, lenient permissive granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline 4adj soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe 4Syn gentle mild moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme adj mild and pleasant 5a soft breeze Syn balmy, mild clement (of weather or climate) physically mild 1adj (of sound) relatively low in volume soft voices soft music Syn|Ant dull, muffled, muted, softened being or made softer or less loud or clear euphonious(of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident gentlequiet and soothing hushed, muted, quiet, subduedin a softened tone little, small(of a voice) faint low, low-tonedvery low in volume murmuring, susurrant, whisperingmaking a low continuous indistinct sound murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrouscharacterized by soft sounds soft-footedsound of quiet gentle steps soft-spokenhaving a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh quietfree of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound loud characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity audible, hearableheard or perceptible by the ear bigloud and firm blaring, blastingunpleasantly loud and penetrating clarionloud and clear deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thunderyloud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss earthshakingloud enough to shake the very earth harsh-voicedhaving an unusually harsh sound loud-mouthedgiven to loud offensive talk loud-voicedhaving an unusually loud voice shatteringseemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering shouted, yelledin a vehement outcry trumpet-likeresembling the sound of a trumpet vocalfull of the sound of voices noisyfull of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds 2adj used chiefly as a direction or description in music 6Syn|Ant piano pianissimo chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft pianissimo assaichiefly a direction or description in music; very soft forte, loud used chiefly as a direction or description in music fortementechiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong fortissimochiefly a direction or description in music 1adj (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected Syn|Ant diffuse, diffused concentrated, hard (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 2adj not brilliant or glaring 7the moon cast soft shadows soft pastel colors Syn subdued dull emitting or reflecting very little light 1adj produced with vibration of the vocal cords Syn|Ant sonant, voiced hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless produced without vibration of the vocal cords whisperedspoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords 2adj (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') 8Syn|Ant continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') palatal, palatalised, palatalizedproduced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') hard (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum velarproduced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') adj (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value 9the market for computers is soft Syn falling becoming lower or less in degree or value adj using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation soft data the soft sciences Syn qualitative involving distinctions based on qualities |
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