tender

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛn.dəː/|[ˈtʰɛn.dəː]    美 /ˈtɛn.dɚ/|[ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
    — You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!
  2. Care, kind concern, regard. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Stay, and breath awhile. Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee.
  3. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
    — Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping.
  4. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
    — Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
  5. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
    — submarine tender
  6. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. countable,uncountable
  7. A formal offer to buy or sell something.
    — We will submit our tender to you within the week.
  8. A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
    — The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m.
  9. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
    — [...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.
  10. A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
    — Now, with scallop populations under pressure, Mr. Sewell is one of only about 30 active scallop divers left in his state. He and his tender, Jason Simmons, have harvested scallops together each winter and early spring for the past seven years. The rest of the year he catches bluefin tuna and dives for sea urchins.
  11. Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  12. Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
动词 v.
  1. To offer, to give. formal
    — to tender one’s resignation
  2. To work on a tender.
    — Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.
  3. To make tender or delicate; to weaken. archaic
    — To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].
  4. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.
  5. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration. archaic
    — The angrie king hath banished me the court: And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me, Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.
形容词 adj.
  1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
    — […]poore Lord, is't I That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe Thoſe tender limbes of thine[…]
  2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
    — tender plants
  3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
    — the tender and delicate woman among you
  4. Soft and easily chewed.
    — The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
  5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
    — Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces.
  6. Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
    — Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
  7. Young and inexperienced.
    — I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.
  8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
    — tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
  9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
    — a tender subject
  10. Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  11. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious. obsolete
    — I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
  12. Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of. obsolete
    — tender of property
副词 adv.
  1. tenderly
    — Love me tender, love me sweet Never let me go

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
nesh offer
衍生词
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相关词
legal tender put out to tender put out for tender

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
词源 2
From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).
词源 3
From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).
词源 4
From tend + -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”).
词源 5
From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).
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