soft centresoft centeradj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsɒf(t) ˈsɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t) ˌsɛn(t)ər/,

/ˈsɑf(t) ˌsɛn(t)ər/

Forms: see soft adj. and centre n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., centre n.¹

Etymology: < soft adj. + centre n.¹With sense A. 3 compare earlier soft-centred adj. 2.

A. adj. (attributive). Usually with hyphen.

1. Chiefly U.S.

a. Designating a mixture of hardened steel and a softer, stronger metal (esp. iron) in which the steel is fused to a core made of the other metal, as soft-centre steel, etc.Soft-centre steel is a strong and resilient material with a hard-wearing surface. John Lane (1824–97) is credited with having first developed and (in 1868) patented a technique for making ploughshares from the material.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other types of steel

hardened steel1557

shear steel1815

blister-steel1831

mild steel1850

carbon steel1856

Bessemer steel1864

soft centre1865

silicon steel1882

weld-steel1884

rimmed steel1920

1865 Rep. Chiefs Bureaus 360 in Message President in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (39th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. No. 1) V 1,000 pounds round cast-steel ½ to 1¼ inch, soft centre.

1877 U.S. Patent 192,346 2/2 The soft-center ingot or slab, having hard-steel faces or outer surfaces, one of said outer surfaces being wrought cast-steel and the other cast-steel unwrought, substantially as specified.

1878 U.S. Patent 200,707 26 Feb. 1/1 Plow shares and points are commonly made either of steel or what is termed iron-center or soft-center steel.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 828/1 Soft Center Steel, a composition of iron and steel... Used for safes, plows, etc.

1961 I. F. Reed et al. Moldboard plows (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2172) 10/2 The surface of soft-center shares is harder than that of any other share and is therefore most resistant to wear and scours best.

2016 V. Smil Still Iron Age iii. 51 The mass production of mold-board steel ploughs with soft-center steel.

b. Designating a ploughshare consisting of soft metallic core and a hardened metallic surface, esp. one made of soft centre steel; designating a plough possessing such a ploughshare. Now rare.

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1887 Jrnl. Assoc. Engin. Societies Jan. 107 This may have been a novelty to him, but not to the average farmer boy of this country, to whom the ‘soft centre’ plowshare and moldboard is an old and mournful story.

1896 Rep. Secretary of Interior II. 835 (caption) in U.S. Congressional Serial Set (54th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 5) XV Stirring plows, star steel or soft center plows; no extra share.

1948 Malvern (Iowa) Leader 26 Feb. 8 (advt.) Good stock of soft center plow shares.

1961 Your Farm Renting Probl. (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2161) 10/2 The surface of soft-center shares is harder than that of any other share.

2. Of a chocolate or other confection: = soft-centred adj. 1.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [adjective] > chocolate > qualities of chocolates

soft centre1904

soft-centred1918

1904 Goshen (Indiana) Daily Democrat 21 Dec. (advt.) Pure soft center chocolate creams, 15c per lb.

1917 G. F. Dickson U.S. Patent 1,239,167 1/2 What I claim as new..is..the herein described process of forming soft-center confections.

1937 Chemist & Druggist 20 Nov. 605/2 It is essential that the outer casing of soft-centre sweets should be dry.

1947 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 7 Mar. 11/3 The same kind of charm as belongs to a pink geranium or a soft-centre chocolate.

1974 L. Christenson Renewed Mind v. xii. 140 On the coffee table were some soft-center candies that the little boy liked very much.

2007 P. O'Reilly End of World 17 He has always given me sweets... Caramels and walnut creams,..soft-centre chocolates.

3. Revealing an essentially compassionate or sentimental nature. Cf. soft-centred adj. 2.

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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > specifically of persons or their attitudes

soft-centred1935

soft centre1973

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 148 I gathered from the female novelists I had been reading..that the malleable, soft-centre syndrome was no longer considered attractive.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. v. 133 The speed-induced aggression and paranoid edge of punk were supplanted by rave's soft-centre sociability.

2011 M. Cole Richard Wainwright ii. 20 The 'soft centre' approach..was already becoming part of the stock in trade of the Party.

B. n.

a. A soft filling inside a chocolate or other confection.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate > filling

soft centre1902

1902 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Dec. 12 Chocolate drops... Soft centre.

1959 Economist 13 June 1015/2 A hard covered chocolate with a soft centre.

2012 M. Oettli Culture Shock! (ed. 2) 56 You bite into it and come to a soft centre which flows around in your mouth.

b. A chocolate or other confection with a soft filling.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate

jessamy-chocolate1697

milk chocolate1723

plain chocolate1737

chocolate drop1764

chocolate cream1851

chocolate1852

chocolate liqueur1864

chocolate button1865

choc1874

chocolate bar1875

choccy1885

langue de chat1897

black chocolate1902

soft centre1902

truffle1902

liqueur chocolate1904

bar1906

bark1910

chocolate coin1910

white chocolate1917

dark chocolate1930

Mars bar1932

Smarties1939

nutty1947

liqueur1965

1902 Sedalia (Missouri) Sentinel 23 Dec. 8/5 Soft centers; 25c lb.

1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence (1973) ii. 18 Every time Lord Blye turned nasty..her consumption of petit fours and soft centres soared.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 21 She brought home bags of mis-shapes from the factory..: soft centres for Nelly, hard centres for Mam.

2. A compassionate or sentimental nature, a tender heart, esp. contrasting with a tough exterior.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > loving kindness > kind heart

goldc1175

heart of grace1597

soft centre1941

1941 Jrnl. Social Forces 20 78/2 As a matter of fact, their so-called ‘toughness’ is only an external front to compensate for a soft center—an inner weakness due to deep psychological wounds inflicted by their parents.

1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 194 The fierceness and roughness of the boys was of the surface... The longer I stayed there, the more aware I became of this soft centre.

1995 J. Barclay Paras over the Barras (2002) ii. 14 She had the same soft centre but was nobody's fool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soft centre
释义	soft centresoft centeradj.n. Brit. /ˌsɒf(t) ˈsɛntə/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t) ˌsɛn(t)ər/, /ˈsɑf(t) ˌsɛn(t)ər/ Forms: see soft adj. and centre n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., centre n.¹ Etymology: < soft adj. + centre n.¹With sense A. 3 compare earlier soft-centred adj. 2. A. adj. (attributive). Usually with hyphen. 1. Chiefly U.S. a. Designating a mixture of hardened steel and a softer, stronger metal (esp. iron) in which the steel is fused to a core made of the other metal, as soft-centre steel, etc.Soft-centre steel is a strong and resilient material with a hard-wearing surface. John Lane (1824–97) is credited with having first developed and (in 1868) patented a technique for making ploughshares from the material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other types of steel hardened steel1557 shear steel1815 blister-steel1831 mild steel1850 carbon steel1856 Bessemer steel1864 soft centre1865 silicon steel1882 weld-steel1884 rimmed steel1920 1865 Rep. Chiefs Bureaus 360 in Message President in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (39th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. No. 1) V 1,000 pounds round cast-steel ½ to 1¼ inch, soft centre. 1877 U.S. Patent 192,346 2/2 The soft-center ingot or slab, having hard-steel faces or outer surfaces, one of said outer surfaces being wrought cast-steel and the other cast-steel unwrought, substantially as specified. 1878 U.S. Patent 200,707 26 Feb. 1/1 Plow shares and points are commonly made either of steel or what is termed iron-center or soft-center steel. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 828/1 Soft Center Steel, a composition of iron and steel... Used for safes, plows, etc. 1961 I. F. Reed et al. Moldboard plows (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2172) 10/2 The surface of soft-center shares is harder than that of any other share and is therefore most resistant to wear and scours best. 2016 V. Smil Still Iron Age iii. 51 The mass production of mold-board steel ploughs with soft-center steel. b. Designating a ploughshare consisting of soft metallic core and a hardened metallic surface, esp. one made of soft centre steel; designating a plough possessing such a ploughshare. Now rare. ΚΠ 1887 Jrnl. Assoc. Engin. Societies Jan. 107 This may have been a novelty to him, but not to the average farmer boy of this country, to whom the ‘soft centre’ plowshare and moldboard is an old and mournful story. 1896 Rep. Secretary of Interior II. 835 (caption) in U.S. Congressional Serial Set (54th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 5) XV Stirring plows, star steel or soft center plows; no extra share. 1948 Malvern (Iowa) Leader 26 Feb. 8 (advt.) Good stock of soft center plow shares. 1961 Your Farm Renting Probl. (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2161) 10/2 The surface of soft-center shares is harder than that of any other share. 2. Of a chocolate or other confection: = soft-centred adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [adjective] > chocolate > qualities of chocolates soft centre1904 soft-centred1918 1904 Goshen (Indiana) Daily Democrat 21 Dec. (advt.) Pure soft center chocolate creams, 15c per lb. 1917 G. F. Dickson U.S. Patent 1,239,167 1/2 What I claim as new..is..the herein described process of forming soft-center confections. 1937 Chemist & Druggist 20 Nov. 605/2 It is essential that the outer casing of soft-centre sweets should be dry. 1947 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 7 Mar. 11/3 The same kind of charm as belongs to a pink geranium or a soft-centre chocolate. 1974 L. Christenson Renewed Mind v. xii. 140 On the coffee table were some soft-center candies that the little boy liked very much. 2007 P. O'Reilly End of World 17 He has always given me sweets... Caramels and walnut creams,..soft-centre chocolates. 3. Revealing an essentially compassionate or sentimental nature. Cf. soft-centred adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > specifically of persons or their attitudes soft-centred1935 soft centre1973 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 148 I gathered from the female novelists I had been reading..that the malleable, soft-centre syndrome was no longer considered attractive. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. v. 133 The speed-induced aggression and paranoid edge of punk were supplanted by rave's soft-centre sociability. 2011 M. Cole Richard Wainwright ii. 20 The 'soft centre' approach..was already becoming part of the stock in trade of the Party. B. n. 1. a. A soft filling inside a chocolate or other confection. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate > filling soft centre1902 1902 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Dec. 12 Chocolate drops... Soft centre. 1959 Economist 13 June 1015/2 A hard covered chocolate with a soft centre. 2012 M. Oettli Culture Shock! (ed. 2) 56 You bite into it and come to a soft centre which flows around in your mouth. b. A chocolate or other confection with a soft filling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate jessamy-chocolate1697 milk chocolate1723 plain chocolate1737 chocolate drop1764 chocolate cream1851 chocolate1852 chocolate liqueur1864 chocolate button1865 choc1874 chocolate bar1875 choccy1885 langue de chat1897 black chocolate1902 soft centre1902 truffle1902 liqueur chocolate1904 bar1906 bark1910 chocolate coin1910 white chocolate1917 dark chocolate1930 Mars bar1932 Smarties1939 nutty1947 liqueur1965 1902 Sedalia (Missouri) Sentinel 23 Dec. 8/5 Soft centers; 25c lb. 1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence (1973) ii. 18 Every time Lord Blye turned nasty..her consumption of petit fours and soft centres soared. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 21 She brought home bags of mis-shapes from the factory..: soft centres for Nelly, hard centres for Mam. 2. A compassionate or sentimental nature, a tender heart, esp. contrasting with a tough exterior. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > loving kindness > kind heart goldc1175 heart of grace1597 soft centre1941 1941 Jrnl. Social Forces 20 78/2 As a matter of fact, their so-called ‘toughness’ is only an external front to compensate for a soft center—an inner weakness due to deep psychological wounds inflicted by their parents. 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 194 The fierceness and roughness of the boys was of the surface... The longer I stayed there, the more aware I became of this soft centre. 1995 J. Barclay Paras over the Barras (2002) ii. 14 She had the same soft centre but was nobody's fool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1865
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