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单词 mellow
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mellow

adjective
/ˈmeləʊ/
/ˈmeləʊ/
(comparative mellower, superlative mellowest)
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  1. (of colour or sound) soft, rich and pleasant
    • mellow autumn colours
    • Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere.
    • The leaves looked golden in the mellow afternoon light.
    • The floor was of mellow golden stone.
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. (of a taste or flavour) smooth and pleasant
    • a mellow, fruity wine
    • coffee with a full mellow flavour
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  3. (of people) calm, gentle and reasonable because of age or experience
    • Dad's certainly grown mellower with age.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  4. (informal) (of people) relaxed, calm and happy, especially after drinking alcohol
    • After two glasses of wine, I was feeling mellow.
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, sweet, and juicy’): perhaps from attributive use of Old English melu, melw- (see meal ‘ground grain or pulses’). The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

mellow

verb
/ˈmeləʊ/
/ˈmeləʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mellow
/ˈmeləʊ/
/ˈmeləʊ/
he / she / it mellows
/ˈmeləʊz/
/ˈmeləʊz/
past simple mellowed
/ˈmeləʊd/
/ˈmeləʊd/
past participle mellowed
/ˈmeləʊd/
/ˈmeləʊd/
-ing form mellowing
/ˈmeləʊɪŋ/
/ˈmeləʊɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to become or make somebody become less extreme in behaviour, etc., especially as a result of growing older
    • She had mellowed a great deal since their days at college.
    • He had mellowed a lot over the years.
    • She had mellowed a little with age.
    • mellow somebody A period spent working abroad had done nothing to mellow him.
  2. [intransitive, transitive] mellow (something) to become or to make a colour become less bright, especially over a period of time
  3. [intransitive, transitive] mellow (something) to develop or make wine develop a pleasant and less bitter taste over a period of time
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, sweet, and juicy’): perhaps from attributive use of Old English melu, melw- (see meal ‘ground grain or pulses’). The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
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