Gentle

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • adj. 温和的, 慈祥的
  • [英] adj. 温和的, 慈祥的 ( mild; kind; careful)
  • [类] 反义词: truculent ( 凶残的)
  • [例] a gentle person

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I. adjective (gentler; gentlest)

  • Etymology: Middle English gentil, from Anglo-French, from Latin gentilis of a gens, of one's family, from gent-, gens gens, nation; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin
  • Date: 13th century
  • 1.
    • a. belonging to a family of high social station
    • b. archaic chivalrous
    • c. honorable, distinguished; specifically of or relating to a gentleman
    • d. kind, amiable — used especially in address as a complimentary epithet<gentle reader>
    • e. suited to a person of high social station
  • 2.
  • 3. soft, delicate
  • 4. moderate
  • ? gently adverb

II. noun

  • Date: 14th century
  • a person of gentle birth or status

III. verb (gentled; gentling)

  • Date: 14th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to raise from the commonalty ; ennoble
    • 2.
      • a. to make gentler
      • b. to make (an animal) tame and docile
      • c. mollify, placate
      • d. to stroke soothingly ; pet
  • intransitive verb
    • to become gentle <the wind gentled>


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