soften

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɒfən/    美 /ˈsɑf(t)ən/|/ˈsɔfən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make something soft or softer. transitive
    — Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
  2. To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). transitive
    — Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
  3. To make less harsh. transitive
    — Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
  4. To become soft or softer. intransitive
    — The butter softened as it warmed up.
  5. To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite. ambitransitive
  6. To palatalize.

词形变化

softens present,singular,third-person softening participle,present softened participle,past softened past

词汇关系

近义词
emolliate mollify soften tenderize
反义词
harden
下位词
melt thaw sloom
衍生词
nonsoftening oversoften presoften resoften softenable softener softeningly soften someone's cough soften the blow soften the ground soften up soften up the ground unsoftenable unsoftened unsoftening
相关词
mollify neshen softness soft

词源

From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.
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