英:['meləʊrɪŋ]
美:['meloʊrɪŋ]
英:['meləʊrɪŋ]
美:['meloʊrɪŋ]
n.
软化,醇化
v.
(使)成熟( mellow的现在分词 )
使色彩更加柔和,使酒更加醇香
adjective
of a fruit tender and sweet because of ripeness
of a wine well aged and pleasingly mild
made gentle by age or experience
She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellow in her old age.
rich and full but free from garishness or stridency
the mellow tones of an old violin
warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor
After a few drinks we felt pretty mellow.
pleasant, agreeable
He was in a mellow mood.
laid-back
mellow background music
of soil having a soft and loamy consistency
verb
transitive verb
to make mellow
intransitive verb
to become mellow—often used with out
Adjective and Verb Middle English melowe
The first known use of mellow was in the 15th century
mellow1 of 2adjective
tender and sweet because of ripeness
mellow peaches
well aged and pleasingly mild
a mellow wine
made gentle by age or experience
developed a mellow disposition from caring for his grandchildren
pleasant sense 1, agreeable
mellow sounds
laid-back
a mellow personality
being soft and crumbly
mellow soil
being clear, full, and pure
spoke in mellow tones
mellow2 of 2verb
to make or become mellow
old houses, weather-beaten and mellowed by time
1 Late style often suggests a softening, a mellowing, a philosophical remove.
2 The blessing of mellowing of memories with time takes with it some of what we learned.
3 "You don't have to do that," I insisted, my voice mellowing as I returned, almost instantly, to my old self.
4 Though it may not be evident in his material, he says he is mellowing.
5 She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she has mellowed in her old age.
6 It sounds to me as if he’s mellowing but he insists it’s the opposite.
7 Swans Bristol On 6 April The group were notorious for live performances of eardrum-shredding volume and intensity, and since their reunion in 2010, they can hardly be accused of mellowing.
8 He is mellowing a bit, but he continues to shift the focus of his desire from lover to lover.
他是醇化一点,但他继续重点转到他希望从恋人到情人。
9 The wine needs time to mellow.
10 She was a tough and demanding teacher, but old age has mellowed her.
11 She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellower in her old age.
12 He has a mellow attitude to life.
他对生活有种成熟的看法。
13 After a misspent youth making an exhibition of himself, the mellowing musician's latest work is actually in exhibitions - he's a burgeoning artist getting glowing gallery reviews.
14 Though Harley and Ivy’s honeymoon phase is already beginning to wane as Harley Quinn’s third season opens, the mellowing of their relationship’s something the series never really frames as a sign of danger.
15 There is little hint of the mellowing that besets many other singers as far into their 50s as he is.
16 The whole process is just like the ripening of a fruit or the mellowing of a good wine.
整个过程就像一个成熟的果实或者一杯醇酿的红酒。
17 Whether they are wilted, stewed or fried, fresh herbs transform as they cook, first mellowing and then sweetening in flavor.
18 But that may be largely due to the flavor of the arrangements, by John Leventhal, who creates a series of tasteful backdrops, softening and mellowing most of the songs.
19 He's not mellowing exactly; he moves forward in contradictions.
20 For all this mellowing in appearance, the stones, bricks or slabs will give firm footing for decades to come.