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gentleness

US // (ˈdʒɛntəlnɪs) //

温柔,温和,柔和,温柔度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of being gentle
    • : physics a property of elementary particles, conserved in certain strong interactionsSee also charm 1

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Examples

  • When he does, here is a gentleness in his voice, a reflective and lovely quality that no movie he has been in has ever captured.

  • Coltrane, a man of almost unbelievable gentleness made human to us lesser mortals by his very occasional rages.

  • I wanted to somehow plug into it with gentleness and love, because those are things I feel comfortable with.

  • His brown eyes were penetrating yet peaceful, and he immediately disarmed my nervousness with his gentleness.

  • His body has an even grace, his face a restless eagerness, and a gentleness, not to be confused with ‘niceness,’ is his manner.

  • When he returned to the hotel he kissed his incongruous room-mate with the gentleness of a woman.

  • My child, said the Dowager, and her eyes dwelt on Valerie with a look of studied gentleness, "why will you not be reasonable?"

  • His former reputation for gentleness and moderation was injured; and scoffers cried triumphantly: "See, even he also!"

  • With a grace and a gentleness beyond compare, he closes the door of night and greets the waking world with a smile.

  • There was neither guile nor vanity in the girl's heart, nor a trace of deceit in her face; only gentleness, truth, and beauty.