单词 | mild-mannered |
释义 | > as lemmasmild-mannered mild-mannered adj. ΚΠ 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xvi. 284 Let her bee milde-worded and milde-manered. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xli. 23 He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 837/2 The Mashona..are in general a peaceful, mild-mannered people. 1988 Star (Tarrytown, N.Y.) 12 Apr. 2/2 We think he'll fit in well up here because he's always so mild-mannered, pleasant and soft-spoken. < as lemmas |
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