tenderness

英 ['tendənɪs]

美

n.  温柔; 柔情; 压痛; 柔和

TOEFL医学

BNC.10448 / COCA.11011

英英释义

noun

• a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
• a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
  Synonym:softheartedness
• a positive feeling of liking
  1. he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
  2. the child won everyone's heart
  3. the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
  Synonym:affectionaffectionatenessfondnessheartwarmnesswarmheartednessphilia
• warm compassionate feelings
  Synonym:tenderheartedness
• a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
  1. the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
  2. after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
  Synonym:sorenessrawness

双语例句

• The gallbladder area has the mild tenderness or the buckle strikes the pain.
  胆囊区有轻度压痛或扣击痛。
• In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness.
  显然，在我生活的寂静、黑暗的世界里，是没有强烈的柔情和关爱的。
• The seed companies therefore sacrifice tenderness and taste to harvesting and storage qualities.
  种子公司就为满足收获和贮存的要求而牺牲产品的柔嫩和滋味。
• We have tenderness, we have intimacy, we connect.
  我们有温柔，我们有亲密我们灵犀相通。
• My heart overflowed with tenderness.
  我的心里充满了柔情。
• I love the tenderness and humor in his illustrations.
  我喜欢他插画的温和与幽默。
• Have you no faith in my wisdom, in my tenderness, in my solicitude for your future?
  难道你不相信我的智慧与我的慈爱吗？不相信我对你的前途的关切吗？
• This does not mean that there is no personal relationship, with its affection, with its tenderness, with its encouragement and support.
  这并不意味着就没有私人关系了，没有慈爱，温柔，鼓励和扶持了。
• If tenderness and truth could last.
  即便温柔和忠诚能延续。
• The beauty, courage and tenderness of animals teach us something new in our day today life.
  动物的美丽，勇气和柔情教我们新的东西在我们今天生活。