| 单词 | velvety |
| 释义 | velvety (once / 3816 pages) adj Anything velvety is smooth or soft in some way, like creamy chocolate or a soothing voice. Have you ever felt velvet? It’s one of the smoothest fabrics. That’s why you can use the word velvety not only for things that are like velvet, but for anything smooth, whether it’s a texture, sight, or sound. The soft fur of a puppy is velvety. A lounge singer’s gentle voice is velvety. A drink that goes down easily is velvety. If something is rough, jarring, jagged, or sharp in some way, it’s the opposite of velvety. WORD FAMILYvelvet: velvets, velvety USAGE EXAMPLESStocked with updated classics that keep the spotlight on his velvety voice, the album is now available to listen to on Spotify and iTunes. Time(Dec 21, 2016) Yeast-derived spice and fruit aromas lead to a velvety body rich with the flavors of toasted malts and Belgian brewing sugars. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) The Taiwanese are more velvety and satisfyingly robust in the lower registers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface Syn velvet soft yielding readily to pressure or weight 2adj smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste Syn velvet, velvet-textured smooth having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
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