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softness
🇺🇸 /sˈɔftnʌs/
🇬🇧 /ˈsɒftnəs/
softness 指人或物呈现出的柔软、柔和的质感或状态，通常用于不可数名词。
💡 记忆钩子
想象手指按在柔软的枕头上：按下去不坚硬、触感温和，这种“柔软的感觉”就是 softness；它主要描述材料或物体的柔软程度。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 柔软的质感或状态📖 指某物摸起来柔软、不坚硬的性质或程度，就像手指按在枕头上时感受到的柔软。💡 常用“the softness of + 物品”或“the softness of + 物品 + against/on + 身体部位”。softness 通常不可数，不能在一般情况下随意加复数；只有强调不同类型或具体表现时才可能使用复数。uncountable usuallyI love the softness of this blanket against my skin.我喜欢这条毯子贴在皮肤上的柔软触感。
softnesses
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 10 组
a disposition to be lenient in judging others
同义词集:
softness
softness is not something permitted of good leaders
上位: indulgence, lenience, leniency
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); ;
同义词集:
effeminacy
effeminateness
sissiness
softness
womanishness
unmanliness
the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy
Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
上位: femininity, muliebrity
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
同义词集:
indistinctness
softness
blurriness
fogginess
fuzziness
反义: distinctness, sharpness
上位: opacity, opaqueness
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; ;
同义词集:
gentleness
softness
mildness
his fingers have learned gentleness
suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby
even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
上位: manner, personal manner
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
同义词集:
softness
反义: hardness
上位: body, consistence, consistency, substance
a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare
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softness
the softness of the morning sky
a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
同义词集:
softness
and in softness almost beyond hearing
反义: intensity, loudness, volume
下位: pianissimo, piano
a state of declining economic condition;
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softness
orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness
he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy
the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing;
同义词集:
balminess
softness
the day's heat faded into balminess
the climate had the softness of the south of France
上位: clemency, mildness
poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
同义词集:
unfitness
softness
反义: fitness, physical fitness
下位: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
🌳 词源
源自中古英语 softnesse，最终由 soft 加后缀 -ness 构成。
From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness.
🔄 变式
softnesses
plural
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