英语词汇“tercel-gentle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

tercel-gentle

释义

gentle /jenˈtl/

adjective

Mild and refined in manners
Mild in disposition or action
Amiable
Soothing
Moderate
Gradual
Well-born, from a good family (archaic)

transitive verb

To ennoble (obsolete)
To make gentle
To handle gently

noun

A well-born person (obsolete)
A trained falcon
Hence a peregrine falcon (masc terˈcel-genˈtle; fem falˈcon-genˈtle)
A soft maggot used as bait in angling

ORIGIN: OFr (Fr) gentil, from L gentīlis belonging to the same gens or clan, later, well-bred; see genteel

genˈtlehood noun (archaic)

Position or character attaching to good birth

genˈtleness noun

genˈtlenesse noun (obsolete)

Same as gentilesse

gentˈly adverb

gentle breeze noun (meteorology)

A wind of force 3 on the Beaufort scale, reaching speeds of 8 to 12mph

genˈtlefolk plural noun

People of good family

gentle-heartˈed adjective

Having a gentle or kind disposition

genˈtleman noun see separate entry.

gentle reader noun

Courteous reader, an old-fashioned phrase common in the prefaces of books

genˈtlewoman noun see separate entry.

the gentle craft

Shoemaking (obsolete)
Angling

tercel /tûrˈsəl/, tiercel /tērˈsəl/, tarcel, tarsal, tarsel /tärˈsəl/, tassel or tassell /tasˈəl/

noun

A male hawk

ORIGIN: OFr tercel, from L tertius third, perh as being one-third smaller than the female, or from the belief that the male hawk hatched from the last egg of three

tercˈelet or tiercˈelet noun

A tercel

terˈcel-gentˈle (Walter Scott), tassˈel-gentle (Shakespeare) or tassˈell-gent (Spenser) noun

A male peregrine falcon

terˈcel-jerkin noun

A male gerfalcon

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