| 单词 | soft-bedded |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft-bedded Having a bed of a particular type, as soft-bedded, etc. ΚΠ 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 450/2 Not sufficiently honoured, nourished, soft-bedded. 1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 100 Above the gravel-bedded rill. soft-bedded b. With past participles, as soft-bedded, soft-extended, soft-roast, soft-roasted, etc. See also soft-landed adj. at soft-land v. Derivatives. extracted from softadv. (a) In predicative use. ΚΠ 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 26v A new laied Egge, soft roste [Fr. cuit mollet]. 1656 L. Coelson Poor-Mans Physician 69 Put one spoonfull of it into a new laid egge soft rosted. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 435 There, soft-extended,..Ulysses sleeps profound. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 119 A seat soft spread with furry spoils prepare. 1736 R. Savage in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 673/1 Reproof, soft-hinted, taught the blush to glow. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 37 Their distant Strain,..Soft-wafted on celestial Pity's Plume. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 69/2 Not sufficiently honoured,..soft-bedded, and lovingly cared for? 1865 S. F. A. Caulfeild Ugolino 53 Soft cradled on life's heaving breast. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1124 The ground is soft-carpeted with leaves. 2015 A. P. Ortins Authentic Portuguese Cooking 193/2 Simmer over medium-low heat.., until the eggs are soft poached. (b) In attributive use. ΚΠ 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 28/1 We must first let him suppe in a soft-dressed egge [Du. een weec Eyken]. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. cclviii. 334 Those lusty thoughts which in a soft-lay'd Dream [etc.]. 1682 A. Behn City-heiress i. i. 8 The stealths of Love..the soft-breath'd murmuring Passion. 1747 W. Mason Musæus 15 Soft-wreathed bands of flow'rs. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xx The soft-embodied fays through airy portal stream. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 122 They have shoes of soft-tanned moose skin. 1791 M. Robinson Poems I. 63 Italia's gales shall bear my song In soft-link'd notes her woods among. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 481 This soft and soft-glazed pottery is easily scratched by a knife. a1835 F. D. Hemans To New-born in Wks. (1839) VI. 196 Bending o'er thy soft-seal'd eyes. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxx. 324 A lace-work of soft-tinted crystals of sulphur. 1893 Outing 22 123/1 The soft-finished, braided raw-silk line. 1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 193 Choose this soft-tinted willow tree. 2015 Northlines (New Delhi, India) (Nexis) 21 Nov. Soft sponge cushioned ear pads & adjustable soft padded headbands. < as lemmas |
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