douce

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /duːs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
    — Beyond the bed stood the woman. Dark and pale, aged about twenty-one . . . his mother, Mary de Bohun. Death had stolen none of her douce beauty and sweetness.
  2. Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober. dialectal
    — The bookseller, douce man, had seen too many eccentric customers to be shocked by the vehemence of his questioner.

词形变化

doucer comparative doucest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
doucely douceness
相关词
flute-douce powder-douce

词源

From Middle English douce, from Old French dolz, dous, Middle French doux, douce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Doublet of dolce, doux, and dulce.
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