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soft-spoken

/sawft-spoh-kuhn, soft-/US // ˈsɔftˈspoʊ kən, ˈsɒft- //

低声细语,轻声细语,低声说话,低声细语的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
    • : softly or mildly spoken; persuasive.

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Examples

  • Scalise never would have spoken to EURO had Duke been there in person.

  • There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.

  • The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.

  • Over dinner, the Knight had mentioned that Scalise had spoken before the EURO event.

  • Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.

  • Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.

  • On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.

  • And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.

  • And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.

  • She was not accustomed to an outward and spoken expression of affection, either in herself or in others.