gentle
温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的
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gen·tler, gen·tlest.
- : kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- : not severe, rough, or violent; mild: a gentle wind;a gentle tap on the shoulder.
- : moderate: gentle heat.
- : gradual: a gentle slope.
- : of good birth or family; wellborn.
- : characteristic of good birth; honorable; respectable: a gentle upbringing.
- : easily handled or managed; tractable: a gentle animal.
- : soft or low: a gentle sound.
- : polite; refined: Consider, gentle reader, my terrible predicament at this juncture.
- : entitled to a coat of arms; armigerous.
- : Archaic. noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight.
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Our spacious villa looked directly onto the gentle curve of Polo Beach.
Afterward, you can expect to wash the blanket on your machine’s delicate settings with a gentle detergent.
Be sure to wash your heated vest with cool water with the machine’s gentle setting.
Gorilla Glue told TMZ that rubbing alcohol, a gentle combing and a delicate shampoo would likely be the best solution for Brown.
That gentle evolution gives astronomers a unique opportunity to use TRAPPIST-1 and TOI-178 as testbeds for planetary theory.
But he was always uncommonly gracious, a truly gentle man, willing to dispense wisdom and perspective when asked.
She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.
The only justice sought by those folks involved a conviction against Wilson for killing the “gentle giant” teen.
They act silly, and for a moment we see how gentle and innocent they are.
I thought he was very intelligent, very gentle, soft-spoken, precise.
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's caress.