softening 音标拼音: [s'ɔfənɪŋ] [s'ɔfnɪŋ]
软化; 软化的; 退火
软化; 软化的; 退火
softening adj 1 :
having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin [
synonym : {
demulcent }, {
emollient }, {
salving },
{
softening }]
n 1 :
the process of becoming softer ; "
refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit "; "
he observed the softening of iron by heat "
Softening \
Sof "
ten *
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Soften },
v .
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{
Softening of the brain },
or {
Cerebral softening } (
Med .),
a localized softening of the brain substance ,
due to hemorrhage or inflammation .
Three varieties ,
distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process ,
are known respectively as red ,
yellow ,
and white ,
softening .
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Soften \
Sof "
ten \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Softened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Softening }.]
To make soft or more soft .
Specifically :
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(
a )
To render less hard ; --
said of matter .
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Their arrow '
s point they soften in the flame .
--
Gay .
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(
b )
To mollify ;
to make less fierce or intractable .
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Diffidence conciliates the proud ,
and softens the severe . --
Rambler .
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(
c )
To palliate ;
to represent as less enormous ;
as ,
to soften a fault .
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(
d )
To compose ;
to mitigate ;
to assuage .
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Music can soften pain to ease . --
Pope .
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(
e )
To make calm and placid .
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All that cheers or softens life . --
Pope .
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(
f )
To make less harsh ,
less rude ,
less offensive ,
or less violent ,
or to render of an opposite quality .
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He bore his great commision in his look ,
But tempered awe ,
and softened all he spoke .
--
Dryden .
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(
g )
To make less glaring ;
to tone down ;
as ,
to soften the coloring of a picture .
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(
h )
To make tender ;
to make effeminate ;
to enervate ;
as ,
troops softened by luxury .
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(
i )
To make less harsh or grating ,
or of a quality the opposite ;
as ,
to soften the voice .
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
softening ":
abatement ,
abating ,
allaying ,
allayment ,
alleviating ,
alleviation ,
alleviative ,
allowance ,
altering ,
analgesia ,
analgesic ,
anesthesia ,
anesthetic ,
anesthetizing ,
anodyne ,
appeasement ,
assuagement ,
assuaging ,
assuasive ,
attenuation ,
attrition ,
balmy ,
balsamic ,
benumbing ,
blunting ,
bounding ,
calming ,
cathartic ,
chastening ,
cleansing ,
color ,
cushioning ,
dampening ,
damping ,
deadening ,
debilitation ,
decontamination ,
demulcent ,
demulsion ,
devitalization ,
dilution ,
diminishing ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
dulcification ,
dulling ,
ease ,
easement ,
easing ,
effemination ,
emollient ,
enervation ,
enfeeblement ,
evisceration ,
exhaustion ,
extenuating ,
extenuating circumstances ,
extenuation ,
extenuative ,
extenuatory ,
falling -
off ,
fatigue ,
gilding ,
gloss ,
hushing ,
inanition ,
languishment ,
laxation ,
leniency ,
lenitive ,
lessening ,
letdown ,
letup ,
lightening ,
limitative ,
limiting ,
loosening ,
lulling ,
mellowing ,
mitigating ,
mitigation ,
mitigative ,
mitigatory ,
modificatory ,
modifying ,
modulation ,
modulatory ,
mollification ,
mollifying ,
numbing ,
pacification ,
padding ,
pain -
killing ,
palliation ,
palliative ,
purgative ,
qualification ,
qualificative ,
qualificatory ,
qualifying ,
quietening ,
quieting ,
reducing ,
reduction ,
relaxation ,
relaxing ,
relief ,
relieving ,
remedial ,
remedy ,
remission ,
restricting ,
restrictive ,
salving ,
slackening ,
softening -
up ,
soothing ,
subduement ,
subduing ,
tempering ,
thinning ,
tranquilization ,
varnish ,
weakening ,
whitewash ,
whitewashing
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