mellow
To cause to become soft or tender, specifically by ripeningTo cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
» Don't tell me to mellow out.
Значение
значений: 11(США, разговорное, переходный)To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
(США, разговорное, переходный)To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
(США, разговорное, региональное, переходный)To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
soften, make mellow
(США, переносно, разговорное, переходный)To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.
(США, переносно, разговорное, переходный)To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.
The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.
(США, переносно, разговорное, переходный)To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.
(США, также, переносно, разговорное, возвратное, переходный)Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
(США, разговорное, непереходный)To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
(США, разговорное, непереходный, региональное)To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
(США, переносно, разговорное, непереходный)To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.
(США, переносно, разговорное, непереходный)To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
Примеры
предложений: 17Don't tell me to mellow out.
I don't think that I've mellowed.
I think I've mellowed.
I don't think I've mellowed.
Most women mellow as they age.
deDie meisten Frauen werden mit dem Alter milder.
Происхождение
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly:
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Формы
mellows, mellowing, mellowed, mellowedСинонимы
синонимов: 2- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial:meltmellow out
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 5Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени