单词 | mellowed |
释义 | mellowedadj. 1. Mature; ripened, softened; made mellow, esp. as the result of age. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [adjective] oldlyOE rankOE ripedOE thowenc1200 waxena1325 ripea1393 thrivena1400 provect1531 big1552 mellowed1575 adulted1645 full agea1658 adult1742 ripeful?1836 unyouthful1859 untender1879 maturish1885 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > purifying or refining > purified or refined mellowed1575 chaste1774 chastened1794 chastised1794 trashless- the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured digesta1398 ripea1398 fledge1398 concoct1534 seasoned1545 well-seasoned1545 ripened1561 seeded1567 fledged1579 thorough-seasoned1605 matured1626 well-matured1626 advanced1646 concocted1647 digested1657 well-digested1657 predigested1663 maturated1698 drop-ripe1724 well-developed1769 mellowed1798 fully-fledged1906 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > soft or yielding rotten?1440 mellow1531 sour1532 unctuous1555 heavy1577 omy1673 mellowed1798 sinky1828 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > matured or fermented well-set1720 mellowed1830 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > soft tender?a1513 soft1672 delicate1675 mellow1706 mellowy1816 serene1846 etherean1881 mellowed1889 muted1897 pastel1899 pastel1914 sedate1924 1575 G. Gascoigne Gloze Text 2, in Posies 145 My riper mellowed yeares beginne to follow on as fast. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 104 Call him my king by whom mine elder Brother..was done to death,..euen in the Downefall of his mellowed yeares. 1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me sig. G Sweet youth thou art too yong, and yet scarse ripe To taste the sweetnesse of my mellowed loue. 1731 I. Thompson Coll. Poems i. 39 On golden Boughs was cluster'd mellow'd-Fruit. 1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 63 Wide o'er the fields, in rising moisture strong, Shoots up the simple flower, or creeps along The mellow'd soil. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vi. 155 This water, present in exposed or mellowed malt, tends to lower the resulting temperature. a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) 247 Ripened with the mellowed strength of manly life. 1889 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 123 The fine old room with its mellowed walls and priceless brocades. 1929 Travel Nov. 23/1 There is from first to last in Charleston a something mellowed, old-world, memory-haunted. 1973 E. Wilson Embroidery Bk. vi. 305 The wool often has faded, but its mellowed softness today is perhaps more attractive than the original harsh contrasts. 1992 Earth July 12/2 Mountain cabernets tend to be..lush wines with loads of fruit balanced by mellowed tannins. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). With out. Relaxed, informal. Cf. mellow v. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] eveneOE still1340 unperturbeda1450 unmovedc1480 quietful1494 lowna1500 calma1568 calmya1586 unpassionatea1586 smartless1593 reposeful1594 dispassionate1595 recollected1595 unaffectedc1595 unpassioned?1605 unpassionated1611 collecteda1616 tranquila1616 untouched1616 impassionate1621 composed1628 dispassioneda1631 tranquillous1638 slow1639 serene1640 dispassionated1647 imperturbed1652 unruffled1654 reposing1655 equanimous1656 perplacid1660 placate1662 equal1680 collect1682 cooled1682 posed1693 sedate1693 impassive1699 uninflamed1714 unexcited1735 unalarmed1756 unfanned1764 unagitated1772 undistraught1773 recollected1792 equable1796 unfussy1823 take-it-easy1825 unflurried1854 cool1855 comfortable1856 disimpassioned1860 tremorless1869 unpressured1879 unrippled1883 ice-cool1891 unrattled1891 Zen-likea1908 unrestless1919 steadyish1924 ataractic1941 relaxed1958 nonplussed1960 loose1968 Zenned-out1968 downtempo1972 mellowed1977 de-stressed1999 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] > relaxed by drugs mellowed1977 1977 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Nov. 117/1 All suggest that the laid-back, mellowed-out speaker achieves a perfect relation with the universe while in a state of passivity. 1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey Altered State i. 31 The flight manuals were written in mellowed-out California-speak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1575 |
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