Soft

(adj.) not brilliant or glaring; 'the moon cast soft shadows'; 'soft pastel colors'; 'subdued lighting' .

(adj.) willing to negotiate and compromise .

(adj.) out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; 'he was too soft for the army'; 'flabby around the middle'; 'flaccid cheeks' .

(adj.) yielding readily to pressure or weight .

(adj.) compassionate and kind; conciliatory; 'he was soft on his children' .

(adj.) (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') .

(adj.) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected .

(adj.) (of sound) relatively low in volume; 'soft voices'; 'soft music' .

(adj.) not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); 'soft targets' .

(adj.) using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation; 'soft data'; 'the soft sciences' .

(adj.) (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value; 'the market for computers is soft' .

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• She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His walk was soft; his voice was melancholy; his long lanky fingers were hooked like claws. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The water pumps were at work again, and I am not sure that the soft-hearted Captain's eyes did not also twinkle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From the interior a low soft breathing came to his ear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• No organism wholly soft can be preserved. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The soft-hearted cook added his intercession, and the result was that the man who had first appeared undertook its delivery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• They were gazelles, of soft-eyed notoriety. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But nothing that could be done would prevent the rubber from getting soft in summer and hard and brittle in the winter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Could softer motives influence me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There was another sound in her weeping--a softer, more regretful sound. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They spoke of feelings but guessed at by our softer nature; yet coloured by our sanguine minds even beyond reality. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Madame's resolute right hand was occupied with an axe, in place of the usual softer implements, and in her girdle were a pistol and a cruel knife. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Stiff, coarse straw will not answer unless packed very solid; finer and softer, as of thickly sown oats, is better, and the walls which it forms need not be quite so thick. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Lily's feelings were softer: she pitied him in a frightened ineffectual way. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No down was ever softer, no elixir more potent! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Not too strongly for the offencebut far, far too strongly to issue from any feeling softer than upright justice and clear-sighted goodwill. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The composition should be made somewhat softer for winter use than for summer, which can be done by adding a little larger proportion of glycerine. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• My breast is softer than the pauper-nurse's; death in my arms is peacefuller than among the pauper-wards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The softest gratitude animated her eye as she lifted it a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A taste for sweets, he said in his softest tones and his tenderest manner, is the innocent taste of women and children. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The pond itself is full of gold and silver fish, and is encircled by a broad belt of the softest turf I ever walked on. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Martin, said the softest whisper at the door, don't be foolish. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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