tenderful

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quantity that a tender (railroad car behind the engine) holds.
    — With a tenderful of splendid coal, 231 was going up like an engine possessed, exhaust ringing out clear in the frosty air and a great column of sparks shooting to the moonlit sky, while all down the curving line behind us you could see the little fires springing up.
  2. The quantity that a tender (ship that functions as a mobile base) holds.
    — A dreary year for the Squadron, this 1819, when officers and men fell sick by the shipload and were sent home by the tenderful, when Lemon Valley Hospital was supplemented by the one at High Peak, when Court-Martials were held at the rate of one a fortnight, burials thrice a week, and surveys on foul provisions every other day!
形容词 adj.
  1. tender; compassionate. poetic
    — You needn't have been so tenderful. I'm going to put on wedding-robes myself, you know.

词形变化

tenderfuls plural tendersful plural more tenderful comparative most tenderful superlative

词源

词源 1
From tender + -ful.
词源 2
From tender + -ful.
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