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单词 soft mark
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mark1 /märk/

noun
  1. A visible indication or sign
  2. A symbol
  3. A distinctive badge or device
  4. A brand
  5. A set, group, or class, marked with the same brand
  6. A type, model, issue, etc (usu numbered, as in mark 1)
  7. A rubber stamp
  8. A token
  9. A substitute for a signature, eg an X
  10. A distinguishing characteristic
  11. An impression or trace
  12. A discoloured spot, streak, smear, or other local (usu small) modification of appearance
  13. Note
  14. Distinction
  15. Noteworthiness
  16. A point awarded for merit
  17. A footprint
  18. A fair catch, formerly claimed by making an impression on the ground with one's heel (rugby)
  19. The starting-line in a race
  20. A groove indicative of youth in a horse's incisor (as in mark of mouth)
  21. A tag on a lead-line indicating so many fathoms, feet, etc
  22. The amount of departure (positive or negative), using equal intervals of time, from a space (a neutral or no-signal state) in accordance with a code (telecommunications)
  23. A suitable victim (of trickery, theft, etc) (slang)
  24. That which exactly suits one (slang)
  25. A boundary (archaic)
  26. A limit (archaic)
  27. A standard
  28. A territory, esp a border territory (archaic)
  29. A tract of common land belonging to a village community (historical)
  30. A stone, post, etc, marking a boundary
  31. An object indicating position or serving as a guide
  32. An object to be aimed at, striven for, or attained, such as a butt, a goal, the jack at bowls, the pit of the stomach in boxing
  33. A hawk's quarry (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To make a mark on
  2. To indicate
  3. To record
  4. To put marks on (a child's, student's, etc, written work) to show where it is correct or incorrect (also intransitive verb)
  5. To make emphatic, distinct, or prominent
  6. To characterize in a specified, distinct way
  7. To impress or stamp with a sign
  8. To take note of
  9. To regard
  10. (in football, hockey, etc) to remain close to (one's opponent) in order to try and prevent him or her from obtaining or passing the ball (also intransitive verb)
intransitive verb
  1. To take particular notice
  2. To become stained
ORIGIN: OE (Mercian) merc (WSax mearc) a boundary, a limit; Ger Mark, Gothic marka

marked adjective

  1. Having visible marks
  2. Indicated
  3. Noticeable
  4. Prominent
  5. Emphatic
  6. Watched and suspected
  7. Destined (with for)
  8. Doomed

markedly /märˈkid-li/ adverb

Noticeably

markedness /märˈkid-nes/ noun

markˈer noun

  1. A person or tool that marks
  2. Something that marks a position, such as a stationary light or a flare
  3. A person who marks the score at games, eg at billiards
  4. A counter or other device for scoring
  5. A bookmark
  6. A marker pen (N American)
  7. A recorder of attendances
  8. A kind of school monitor
  9. A memorial tablet (US)
  10. The soldier who forms the pivot round which a body of soldiers wheels when marching
  11. A biomarker (qv)

markˈing noun

  1. The act of making or giving a mark or marks
  2. (esp in pl) disposition or pattern of marks

markˈ-down see mark down below.

marker pen noun

A thick, usu fibre-tipped pen for writing on display boards, etc

marking gauge noun

A carpenter's tool for scoring a line parallel to the edge of a piece of wood

markˈing-ink noun

Indelible ink, used for marking clothes

markˈing-nut noun

The fruit of an East Indian tree (genus Semecarpus) of the cashew family, yielding a black juice used in marking clothes

markˈman noun

  1. One of the community owning a mark
  2. A marksman

marksˈman or marksˈwoman noun

  1. A person who is good at hitting a target
  2. A person who shoots well

marksˈmanship noun

Skill as a marksman or markswoman

mark/space ratio noun (telecommunications)

The ratio of the time occupied by a mark to that occupied by the space between marks in a telecommunication channel or recording system using pulsed signals

markˈ-to-markˈet adjective

(of an accounting system) valuing assets according to their market price

markˈ-up noun

  1. A price increase
  2. The difference between the wholesale and retail price of an item for sale
  3. The action of marking up (printing, computing)

markˈ-white noun (Spenser)

The centre of a target

a mark on (archaic sl)

(a person having) a preference for (a specified thing)

beside the mark see under beside

(God) bless or save the mark (archaic)

A phrase expressing ironical astonishment or scorn, from its use in archery

make (or leave) one's mark

  1. To make a notable impression
  2. To gain great influence

mark down

  1. To set down in writing
  2. To label at a lower price or to lower the price of (markˈ-down noun)
  3. To give (a student) a lower mark than is deserved
  4. To note the position of
  5. To destine for one's own

mark off

  1. To lay down the boundary lines of
  2. To mark graduations on
  3. To mark (on a list) as attended to or disposed of

mark of the Beast see under beast

mark out

  1. To lay out the plan or outlines of
  2. To destine

mark someone's card

  1. To give someone the information he or she wants
  2. To correct someone under a false impression, esp swiftly and with force, to put someone right

mark time

  1. To move the feet alternately in the same manner as in marching, but without moving forward
  2. To merely keep things going without progressing

mark up

  1. To raise the price of
  2. To prepare or correct (text) for a printer (printing)
  3. To add codes (to text) for interpretation by a computer (computing)

off the mark

  1. Off target
  2. Well away from the start in a race

on your marks (or mark)

Said before a race begins, to prepare the runners for the starting command or signal

pass the mark

To pass on the badge of demerit to the next offender (as formerly in some schools)

soft mark (informal)

  1. An easy dupe or victim
  2. A person who is easy to cope with or manoeuvre

up to the mark

  1. Satisfactory, up to standard
  2. Fit and well

wide of the mark

(well) off target

soft /soft/

adjective
  1. Easily yielding to pressure
  2. Easily cut
  3. Easily scratched (mineralogy)
  4. Malleable
  5. Yielding
  6. Not rigorous enough
  7. (of sounds) not loud, low
  8. Not glaring
  9. Diffused
  10. Slightly blurred
  11. Weak in muscle or mind
  12. Out of training
  13. Smooth
  14. Pleasing or soothing to the senses
  15. Tender
  16. Mild
  17. Politically moderate, not radical or extreme, as in soft left
  18. Sympathetic
  19. (with on) infatuated with
  20. Gentle
  21. Effeminate
  22. Unable to endure rough treatment or hardship
  23. (relatively) unprotected
  24. (of a vehicle) unarmoured (military)
  25. Gently moving
  26. Easy
  27. (of water) free from calcium and magnesium salts
  28. (of coal) bituminous
  29. (of money) paper rather than metallic
  30. (of paper) unsized
  31. Rainy (dialect)
  32. Pronounced with a somewhat sibilant sound, not guttural or explosive
  33. Voiced or sonant
  34. (of silk) freed from natural gum
  35. (of diet) consisting of semi-liquid and easily digestible foods
  36. Apt to fall in price
  37. (of drugs) not habit-forming in an obvious degree
  38. (of pornography) not explicit
  39. (of radiation) having short wavelengths and therefore not highly penetrating
  40. (in typesetting and word processing) denoting a space, hyphen or carriage return that can be removed automatically when its environment changes to make it redundant
noun
  1. A softy, a fool
  2. (in pl) soft commodities
adverb
  1. Softly
  2. Gently
  3. Quietly
transitive verb (Spenser)

To soften

interjection (archaic; also soft you)
  1. Hold
  2. Not so fast
ORIGIN: OE sōfte, sēfte; Du zacht, Ger sanft

soften /sofˈn/ transitive verb

  1. To make soft or softer
  2. To mitigate
  3. To tone down, make smoother or less glaring
intransitive verb

To grow soft or softer

softener /sofˈnər/ noun

softening /sofˈning/ noun

softˈie noun

A softy

softˈish adjective

Rather soft

softˈling noun (archaic)

  1. A weakling
  2. An effeminate man or boy
  3. A soft object

softˈly adverb

In a soft manner

adjective (Spenser)
  1. Soft
  2. Slack in enterprise

softˈness noun

softˈy noun (informal)

  1. A silly person, a weak fool
  2. Someone who is soft-hearted or sentimental

softˈback or softˈcover noun

A paperback (also adjective)

softˈball noun

  1. An American game similar to baseball, played on a smaller diamond with a soft ball
  2. The ball itself

soft benefits plural noun

Non-financial benefits offered to employees, such as health insurance or childcare

soft-billedˈ adjective

soft-bodˈied adjective

softˈ-boil transitive verb

soft-boiledˈ adjective

  1. Boiled not long enough to be quite solid
  2. Soft-hearted (informal)

soft-cenˈtred adjective

soft commodities plural noun

Foodstuffs, coffee, cotton, etc, as opposed to metals

soft-conˈscienc'd adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a not very rigorous conscience

soft copy noun (computing)

Material that is coded or stored on disk as distinct from data that is printed out

softˈ-core adjective

(of obscene or pornographic material) not explicit, blatant or graphic

softcover see softback above.

soft currency noun

One unstable in value in the international money market through fluctuation in its gold backing

soft drink noun

A non-alcoholic drink

soft-finnedˈ adjective

Without fin-spines

soft focus noun (photography, cinematography)

Deliberate slight blurring of a picture or scene

soft-foˈcus adjective

soft-footˈed adjective

Softly treading

soft fruit noun

Small, stoneless, edible fruit, such as berries and currants

soft furnishings plural noun

Curtains, coverings, rugs, etc

soft goods plural noun

Cloth and cloth articles, as opposed to hardware, etc

softˈ-grass noun

A worthless grass (Holcus mollis or other species) similar to oats

softˈhead noun

A simpleton

soft-headˈed adjective

soft-heartˈed adjective

  1. Kind, generous
  2. Tender-hearted

soft hyphen noun

(in word processing) one inserted in a word only if necessary for word division at the end of a line

soft iron noun

Iron that is low in carbon content and does not retain magnetism

soft landing noun

A landing by a spacecraft, etc without uncomfortable or damaging impact (also figurative)

soft launch noun (commerce)

The introduction of a new product to a restricted group of customers before it has been fully developed

soft lens noun

A flexible contact lens of a hydrophylic material which allows some oxygen to reach the cornea

soft line noun

A flexible or lenient attitude, policy, etc

soft loan noun

  1. One without conditions attached
  2. A cheap or interest-free loan, usu to a developing country

softly-softˈly adjective

Cautious, careful, delicate

softly-sprightˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Tame-spirited

soft mark see under mark1

soft meat noun

Regurgitated food given by pigeons to their young

softˈ-nosed adjective

(of a bullet) with a tip that expands on striking

soft option noun

An alternative that is easy to carry out, undergo, etc

soft palate noun

The fleshy back part of the palate

softˈ-paste adjective

(of porcelain) made of a paste of various kinds requiring less heat in firing than china clay

soft pedal noun

A pedal for reducing tone in the piano, esp by causing the hammer to strike only one string

soft-pedˈal transitive verb and intransitive verb

  1. To play with the soft pedal down
  2. To subdue, tone down, avoid emphasizing or alluding to (slang)

soft power noun (esp US)

The power of a nation to influence others by displaying the advantages of its own cultural, social, financial, etc systems without the use of military power

soft radiation noun (radiology)

Radiation which has very limited penetrating power

soft return noun (computing)

A line feed which is inserted by a word processor or text editor to justify the text and which can be moved or deleted

soft rock noun

A form of rock music, usu more melodious and slower in tempo than hard rock (qv under hard1)

soft-rock geology noun (informal)

The geology of sedimentary rocks

soft rot noun

A bacterial disease of plant tissues which reduces them to soft, mushy, foul-smelling rot

soft sawder or soft sowder noun

Flattery

soft-sawˈder or soft-sowˈder transitive verb

To flatter

soft science noun

Any of the scientific disciplines in which rules or principles of evaluation are difficult to obtain, such as social sciences (cf hard science under hard1)

soft-sectˈored adjective (computing)

(of a floppy disk) formatted by means of software (cf hard-sectored)

softˈ-sectˈoring noun

soft sell noun

  1. Selling or sale by preliminary softening up or other indirect method
  2. Mild persuasion, or mildly persuasive tactics

soft-sellˈ adjective

softˈ-shell or softˈ-shelledˈ adjective

  1. Having a soft shell
  2. Moderate in policy or principles

softˈ-shell noun

  1. A soft-shell crab, clam, or river-turtle
  2. A moderate

softˈ-shoe adjective

Characteristic of or relating to a form of tap-dancing done in soft-soled shoes

soft skills plural noun

Personal qualities or aptitudes that may be seen as indirectly qualifying someone for a particular job

softˈ-slow adjective (Shakespeare)

Soft and slow

soft soap noun

  1. A kind of soap containing potash
  2. Flattery
  3. Blarney

softˈ-soap transitive verb

  1. To rub or cover with soft soap
  2. To flatter for some end

soft sore noun

Chancroid, a sexually-transmitted disease resulting in enlargement and ulceration of the lymph nodes in the groin

soft sowder see soft sawder above.

soft-spoˈken adjective

  1. Having a mild or gentle voice
  2. Affable
  3. Suave
  4. Plausible in speech

soft spot see under spot

soft thing noun

  1. An easy task
  2. A snug job

soft top noun

A convertible car with a fabric roof

softˈ-top adjective

soft touch see under touch

soft underbelly noun

The vulnerable part

softˈware noun

  1. Computer programs that control the operation of computer hardware (qv)
  2. Computer program (or analogous) accessories (other than the actual parts of a computer, etc)
  3. Video cassettes and discs
  4. Material recorded in microform

software engineering noun

The production of reliable software and its maintenance and modification for particular applications

software house noun

A commercial organization that specializes in the design of software programs

soft wheat noun

A variety of wheat with soft kernels and a high starch content, suitable for making biscuits, pastry, etc

softˈwood noun

(timber of) a conifer (also adjective)

be or go soft on

To be lenient with

softening of the brain

  1. A softening of brain tissues
  2. Marked deterioration of mental faculties (informal)

soften up

  1. To lessen resistance in (informal)
  2. To wear down by continuous shelling and bombing
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