gentle

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdʒɛntl̩/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/|[ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ɾ̃l̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person of high birth. archaic
    — Gentles, methinks you frown.
  2. A maggot used as bait by anglers.
    — Pooh! the whole thing is as alive and wrigging as an angler's box of gentles
  3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
动词 v.
  1. To become gentle. intransitive
    — “She's experienced a horrific and nasty scare and is in a state of shock, but otherwise she's relatively okay.” Conrad replied, his tone at first grim (as he recalled what he'd seen in the family room) and then it gentled to a more doctorial tone as he directed his next comments to his patient.
  2. To ennoble. obsolete,transitive
    — […] For he to-day that sheds his blood with me / Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, / This day shall gentle his condition […]
  3. To break; to tame; to domesticate. transitive
    — Yakima could have tried to catch him, gentle him as Wolf had been gentled, but having two stallions in his cavvy would lead to a different kind of trouble.
  4. To soothe; to calm; to make gentle. transitive
    — A hornist, his playing gentled by perspective, is out of sight within the woods, but his notes are heard through or over the murmuring mix of bird song and breeze in leaves.
形容词 adj.
  1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
    — Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt you.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
    — I felt something touch my shoulder; it was gentle and a little slimy.
  3. Docile and easily managed.
    — We had a gentle swim in the lake.
  4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
    — The walks in this area have a gentle incline.
  5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
    — He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.
  6. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble. archaic
    — "You are of gentle blood," she said […]

词形变化

gentler comparative more gentle comparative gentlest superlative most gentle superlative gentles present,singular,third-person gentling participle,present gentled participle,past gentled past gentles plural

词汇关系

近义词
friendly kind polite respectful
反义词
rude
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.
词源 2
From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.
词源 3
From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.
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