单词 | gently |
释义 | gentlygent‧ly /ˈdʒentli/ ●●○ W3 adverb Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cook something gently/slowly Word family (=on a low heat)· Reduce the heat and cook gently for 20 minutes. ► kiss somebody gently/lightly He kissed her gently and stroked her hair. ► pitch gently/steeply etc The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house. ► simmer gently Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► ask· Adrienne asked gently, untying her thoughts.· Athena, began by asking gently was this some sort of drinking-bout she had happened upon? ► ease· Then he gently eased her arms down, and with infinite patience began to stroke her nightdress from her body.· She grasped at the barrier between us and gently eased the wire apart.· Hook your right toes or ankle above your left knee and gently ease your left leg back in small slow movements.· She gently eased it off his lap, gave it a few licks and pushed it over to me for first bite.· Using a knife, gently ease the mixture away from the sides of the dish. 7.· Place your hands either side of your leg and gently ease forward.· This will loosen up your left shoulder as you gently ease your left arm further over your head.· Lean to your right side, gently easing the waist into that position. ► move· Seawitch moved gently on the water.· Jigeehuu said, gently moving us on to more comfortable conversational ground.· As I sat there in the dark, the ship moving gently in the water, I almost fell asleep.· Hold your hands in this position for a few moments, then gently move them away.· Hold for 20 30 sec, moving gently to agitate.· Of course that was just stage one, when we moved gently up into position at the Valve. ► press· Dough should not be sticky but should hold together when pressed gently with fork.· Bake for about 20 minutes more, until cake is brown and feels firm when gently pressed.· Frame the shot in the viewfinder, and gently press the camera button to start the shot while holding the picture steady.· Effleurage the shoulders and press gently.· Top with remaining onion mixture. Gently press down to form an even, flat surface.· You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders.· Their seat backs pressed gently against them with each rhythmic surge of the horses against their harnesses. ► pull· With your fingers pointing downwards, gently pull each hand alternately straight up from the floor or table.· I lifted my hands to the rope, then pulled gently.· He gently pulled them away, staring down at her body.· Bend right leg and bring foot back and up, holding toot around instep and gently pulling heel in towards right buttock.· Then she cupped her hands around Jack's face and gently pulled him to his feet.· I take hold of the string and pull gently.· Take the loose ends and pull gently until the cable forms. ► push· On Earth this should not work. but in space a kettle would gently push itself along with its escaping steam.· She gently pushes me down into the seat and walks out.· His wife winces, and gently pushes hers into place.· He gently pushed the end of the wire in.· Keep both legs taut and straight and gently push up with both arms.· She pushed gently on the closed door of the boot-and-brushing room.· She gently pushed it, and immediately it swung open.· Take advantage of bath-time when hands have been soaking in warm water to gently push back cuticles with an orange stick. ► rock· The boat rocked gently of its own accord.· Hsu Fu merely rocked gently at the onslaught.· When I returned, Jett was sitting exactly as I'd left him, hugging himself and rocking gently to and fro.· She smelled the salt, and imagined the dock rocking gently to and fro.· It was a bleak sort of day, with occasional gusts of wind gently rocking the vehicle from side to side.· As he passed underneath, it rocked gently as if on invisible waves.· The boat was there, tied up and rocking gently to the swirl of the dark water inshore.· A giant wave approaches and gently rocks the ship. ► simmer· Season to taste and leave to simmer gently until the vegetables are almost tender.· Place a rack in a pot holding 1 to 2 inches of gently simmering water.· Season to taste with salt and pepper and sugar. Simmer gently until the mixture is thick.· Stir in onion, bay leaf and paprika. Simmer gently, stirring often, 15 minutes.· In one corner stood a gas-stove on which a black kettle simmered gently.· Return rabbit to skillet, cover, and simmer gently until rabbit is tender, about 40 minutes.· Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes. ► slope· Heron like the gently sloping muddy sides of canals.· Tubac rests on the crest of a gently sloping hill.· The narrow road sloped gently upwards.· A virgin splay of grass traumatized by five months of snow sloped gently down to the water.· On their left it sloped gently away and on the right it fell sheer, in steep crags.· The grass sloped gently away from the college towards what must be the bank of the stream he had mentioned earlier. ► smile· Loopy Lil gently smiled her new even welfare smile while Mrs Hollidaye darned lisle stockings.· Robert smiled gently behind his shyness.· Mr Havel, who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd, smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water. ► stir· Gently stir in the other ingredients and arrange in scallop shells or on a plate.· Gently stir rice into chicken mixture.· Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set, then stir gently to lightly scramble. 4.· Add 1 cup sugar for every pound of fruit, and stir gently.· Remove large debris and disperse the cells in the sucrose by gently stirring with the needle.· Add black-eyed peas and gently stir in.· Cook for a further 4 minutes, stirring gently, frequently. 3.· Gently stir, then pour over cooled filling in crust. ► stroke· However, by patient wheedling and soft talk I managed to touch her and gently stroked her cheek with one finger.· Late one night I stirred from a deep sleep to find Dad sitting beside my bed, gently stroking my hair.· With the other he gently stroked his hair.· Gently stroke the entire face with gentle upward movements as in Step 4. 14.· She saw he was nervous, and encouraged him by gently stroking his neck and shoulders. ► sway· The summer sun spilled over the gardens, the trees swayed gently, the leaves rustling like soft, applauding hands.· Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.· He was still fishing, the line plumbing the depths of the water, gently swaying in the light breeze.· The peacock silk curtains swayed gently in the breeze.· There he was silently surveying the world, swaying gently on a twig near the top of the tree! ► touch· Their bodies touched gently and came apart as they rounded a bend.· We were to imagine a beautiful, white cloud gently touching our faces.· Shutting her eyes, she then snapped them open again in panic as his mouth touched gently against hers.· But women may be turned off more easily than men during early stages of arousal unless they are touched gently.· Reaching out he gently touched her pallid face.· He watched it for a while, and then took a piece of wood and gently touched it to the flame. WORD FAMILYnoungentlenessadjectivegentleadverbgently 1in a gentle way: ‘You go back to bed now,’ he said gently. She kissed me gently on the cheek. Gently cook the peppers for 10–15 minutes. Rain pattered gently on the roof above. The road curved gently upwards.2gently/gently does it! British English spoken used to tell someone to be careful when they are handling something, moving something etc: Gently, Sammy, you don’t want to break it. |
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