英:[ˈtendəlɪ]
美:[ˈtɛndɚlɪ]
英:[ˈtendəlɪ]
美:[ˈtɛndɚlɪ]
adv.
温和地
柔和地
体贴地
可怜地
词根:tender
adj.tender 温柔的;柔软的;脆弱的;幼稚的;难对付的
tenderhearted 心地温和的;温厚的
n.tender 偿付,清偿;看管人;小船
tenderness 亲切;柔软;柔和;敏感;棘手
vi.tender 投标;变柔软
vt.tender 提供,偿还;使…变嫩;是…变柔软
adjective
marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond, loving
a tender lover
showing care : considerate, solicitous
tender regard
highly susceptible to impressions or emotions : impressionable
a tender conscience
easily chewed : succulent
having a soft or yielding texture : easily broken, cut, or damaged : delicate, fragile
tender feet
sensitive to touch or palpation
the bruise was still tender
sensitive to injury or insult : touchy
tender pride
demanding careful and sensitive handling : ticklish
a tender situation
of a boat easily tipped by an external force
physically weak : not able to endure hardship
immature, young
children of tender age
incapable of resisting cold : not hardy
tender perennials
appropriate or conducive to a delicate or sensitive constitution or character : gentle, mild tender irony
tender breeding
delicate or soft in quality or tone
never before heard the piano sound so tender—Elva S. Daniels
obsolete dear, precious
verb (1)
transitive verb
to present for acceptance : offer
tendered my resignation
to make a tender of
intransitive verb
to make a bid or tender
noun (1)
an unconditional offer of money or service in satisfaction of a debt or obligation made to save a penalty or forfeiture for nonpayment or nonperformance
an offer or proposal made for acceptance: such as
an offer of a bid for a contract
tender offer
something that may be offered in paymentspecifically: money
noun (2)
an often breaded strip of usually breast meatalso: the tenderloin of a chicken
chicken tenders
noun (3)
one that tends: such as
a car attached to a steam locomotive for carrying a supply of fuel and water
verb (2)
transitive verb
to make tender : soften, weaken
archaic to regard or treat with tenderness
intransitive verb
to become tender
noun (4)
consideration, regard
Adjective Middle English tendre, tender, borrowed from Anglo-French tendre, going back to Latin tener "soft, delicate (of persons or parts of the body), immature, yielding easily, sensitive," probably by metathesis from *terenos or *terunos, going back to Indo-European, whence also Greek térēn "soft, tender," Sanskrit taruṇa- "young, tender, fresh," Avestan tauruna- "young," (as noun) "boy" Note: Macrobius (early 5th century), in his Saturnalia, quotes Favorinus (ca. 80-160 a.d.) as claiming that terenus meant mollis ("soft") in Sabine; this form would support the hypothesis of metathesis in Latin tener. Ernout and Meillet (Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine, 4th edition, Paris, 1979) reject this etymology without comment, citing instead a possible connection with the ten- of tenēre, tendere, tenuis (see tenant >entry 1, tender >entry 3, thin >entry 1). Verb (1) Middle English tendren, probably in part derivative of tendur tender >entry 3, in part borrowed from its source, Anglo-French tendre Note: The apparent use of the Anglo-French nominalized infinitive as an inflected verb in Middle English is paralleled by render >entry 2. Cf. tend >entry 1, a more regular borrowing of the stem of the same verb, in a different sense. Noun (1) Middle English tendur "grant of a license," borrowed from Anglo-French tendre "offer, offer in satisfaction of a debt," noun derivative from infinitive of tendre "to stretch, hold out, offer (a suit, plea, money), grant," going back to Latin tendere "to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)," going back to Indo-European *ten- "stretch, extend" + *-d- (or *-dh-), suffixal extension of uncertain origin — more at tenant >entry 1 Note: See note at tenant >entry 1. The original past participle of tendere is tentus, which would appear to continue an Indo-European verbal adjective *tn̥-tos, whence also Greek tatós, derived directly from the base *ten- rather than from *tend-. The form tentus was largely replaced by tensus, presumably from *tend-tos, a regular derivative of the new formation tend-. Noun (2) probably short for tenderloin Noun (3)tend >entry 2 + -er >entry 2 Verb (2) Middle English tendren "to become tender, care for, be concerned about," derivative of tender, tendre tender >entry 1 Noun (4) probably noun derivative of tender >entry 1 or of tender >entry 6 in sense "to be solicitous of"
The first known use of tender was in the 13th century
tendonnoun
a tough cord or band of dense white connective tissue that links a muscle to some other part (as a bone)
tend1 of 2verb
to pay attention
tend to business
to take care of
to help the growth or development of
tend the garden
to have responsibility for as caretaker
tended sheep
to manage the operation of or do the necessary work connected with
tend the fire
tend2 of 2verb
to move or turn in a certain direction
the road tends to the right
to be likely
a person who tends to slouch
tender1 of 5adjective
having a soft or yielding quality
tender steak
physically weak : delicate
a tender plant
immature, young
children of tender years
loving, affectionate
a tender look
showing care : considerate
not harsh or stern : gentle, mild
tender irony
sensitive to touch : very easily hurt
a tender bruise
demanding careful and sensitive handling
a tender subject
tender2 of 5verb
to offer in payment
to present for acceptance
tendered my resignation
tender3 of 5noun
an offer of money in payment of a debt
an offer made for acceptanceespecially: a bid for a contract
something that may by law be offered in paymentespecially: money
tender4 of 5noun
one that tends or takes care: as
a ship used to attend other ships (as to supply food)
a boat that carries passengers or freight between shore and a larger ship
a car attached to a locomotive for carrying fuel and water
tender5 of 5noun
an often breaded strip of usually breast meat
chicken tenders
1 He embraced his daughter tenderly.
他温柔地拥抱女儿。
2 She polished her violin, placing it tenderly back in its case with the white cloth over its neck.
3 It’s impossible to describe how tenderly I suddenly feel toward them—hyenas, camels, and all.
4 She whined in pain as she tenderly wrapped the bandage loosely.
5 Albert reached over and tenderly took Joseph’s hand in his.
6 She kneels down beside the boy and tenderly strokes the back of his head.
7 He touched the blank of the face, tenderly it seemed, planted his chisel at the forehead and was about to come down on her.
8 Hizdahr took her by the shoulders as tenderly as if she were a baby bird.
9 He pulled off a light overcoat that he had worn, and put it round her tenderly.
他把身上穿的一件薄薄的外衣脱下来,轻轻地披在她的身上。
10 She placed her hand tenderly upon my shoulder.
11 He glanced at me tenderly, his face soft as though he were on the verge of tears.
12 The Professor laid his hand tenderly on his shoulder as he spoke:—
13 She tidied her hair and looked at him tenderly.
她梳了梳头发,温柔地看着他.
14 Johnny ran after her, and there on the street he put his arms about her and kissed her tenderly in farewell.
15 The nearest Salvador had ever come to his dream of owning a car was to acquire an old rusting set of truck wheels, which he set tenderly behind the house.
16 He held her tenderly, bringing her face close to his.
17 the coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist
18 She tucked him tenderly into an old wooden cradle, and he lay in sleepy contentment, his dark face incongruous against a doll’s pillow.
19 He carried her lightly to the door, and laid her tenderly down in a coach.
他轻轻地抱起她,来到门外, 温柔地放进了一辆马车.
20 He drew the girl tenderly towards him.
他温柔地把那位姑娘拉向自己。
1 柔弱
tender delicate feminine milky infirm ladylike effeminate washy emasculate unmanly womanish limpsy weakness delicacy femininity infirmity emasculation effeminacy soften womanize
2 柔和
soft tender delicate mellow meek velvety balmy mollifying mansuete softly gentleness mansuetude soften subdue
3 温柔
pigeon-livered kind soft mild gentle feminine fond silky bland soft-spoken dolce soft-hearted gently softly lovingly fondly sweetness softness femininity gentleness mildness affability amiability milkiness effeminize soften tender melting tenderness
4 敏感地
7 敏感
sensitive alive defensive tender vibrant responsive delicate susceptible reactive irritable sentient impressionable ticklish high-strung switched-on impressible sensibly sensitively susceptivity supersensitization sensibility tenderness delicacy subtlety excitability keenness sensitiveness impressionability supersensitize sensitize postnasal drip
8 亲切
good kind nice warm sweet friendly decent tender thoughtful kindly benign hearty gracious amiable good-natured genial obliging warm-hearted neighborly big-hearted well-disposed caressing kindhearted warmhearted benignant good-will gently thoughtfully decently sweetly genially turn humanity goodness kindness sweetness goodwill tenderness decency friendliness graciousness pleasantness bonhomie kindliness amiability benignity geniality homeliness complaisance neighbourliness genialize con amore ex gratia good nature