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单词 soft spot
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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

spot /spot/

noun
  1. A mark made by a drop of something wet
  2. A blot
  3. A small discoloured or differently coloured place
  4. A locality, place or limited geographical area
  5. A precise place, location
  6. An eruption on the skin, a pimple
  7. A moral flaw
  8. One of the marked points on a snooker or billiard table, from which balls are played
  9. A relatively dark area on the surface of the sun
  10. A small quantity of anything (informal)
  11. A spotlight (informal)
  12. A white pigeon with a spot on the forehead
  13. A name for various American fishes
  14. A job, piece (of work) (obsolete)
  15. A place of entertainment
  16. A place on eg a television or radio programme
  17. A turn, performance, esp a short one
  18. An awkward position or situation
  19. A spot deal or commodity (finance)
transitive verb (spottˈing; spottˈed)
  1. To mark with spots
  2. To tarnish, eg a reputation
  3. To reprehend (Spenser)
  4. To pick out, detect, locate, identify, discern (informal)
  5. To watch for and record the sighting of
  6. To free from spots (often with out)
  7. To place on a spot, as in snooker
  8. To allow or yield an advantage, concession, etc to, esp in order to give (an opponent) an even chance of winning (informal)
  9. To lend or give (N American informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To become spotted
  2. (of fabric) to be susceptible to spotting
  3. To rain slightly, with few and intermittent drops (usu as spot with rain) (informal)
adjective
  1. On the spot, random (see spot check below)
  2. Of monetary or commodity transactions, etc, to be paid (usu in cash) or delivered immediately (as in spot market, spot price, etc)
  3. Involving payment in cash only
ORIGIN: Cf obs Du, LGer, spot, ON spotti

spotˈless adjective

  1. Without a spot or blemish
  2. Very clean
  3. Untainted
  4. Pure

spotˈlessly adverb

spotˈlessness noun

spottˈed adjective

spottˈedness noun

spottˈer noun

Someone who or something (such as a plane) that spots, observes or detects

spottˈily adverb

spottˈiness noun

spottˈing noun

spottˈy adjective

  1. Marked with spots
  2. Inconsistent, uneven

spot advertising noun

Advertising by means of brief items, usu in dramatized form, on television or radio

spotˈ-barred adjective (billiards)

Under the condition that the spot stroke may not be played more than twice consecutively

spot cash noun

Money down

spot check noun

  1. A check made without prior warning
  2. A check of random samples to serve in place of a general check

spotˈ-check transitive verb

spot dance noun

A dance after which a prize is given to the couple spotlighted when the music stopped

spot dealer noun (commerce)

One dealing in the spot market

spotˈ-fixing noun

The illegal manipulation of an incident in a sporting contest by a participant

spot height noun

On a map, a number giving the height above mean sea level at that point

spot kick noun (football)

A kick made from the penalty spot

spotˈlight noun

  1. A, usu powerful, light that projects a circle of light on an actor, a small part of a stage, or that illuminates a small area
  2. Any adjustable, focused-beam lamp, such as a car lamp additional to fixed lights
  3. A focusing of attention (figurative)

transitive verb

  1. To turn the spotlight on
  2. To draw attention to (figurative)

spot market noun (commerce)

A market in which commodities are bought and sold for cash or immediate delivery

spot-onˈ adjective (informal)

  1. On the target
  2. Exactly right, accurate
  3. Precisely what is required, excellent

spot stroke noun (billiards)

A stroke by which the player pockets the red ball from the spot, leaving his own ball in position to repeat the stroke

spotted dick noun

A pudding or loaf with currants

spotted dog noun

  1. A Dalmatian dog
  2. A spotted dick

spotted fever noun

Any of several febrile diseases, such as cerebrospinal fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, characterized by small spots on the skin

spotted flycatcher noun

A European songbird (Muscicapa striata)

spotted owl noun

A N American owl (Strix occidentalis)

spotˈ-weld transitive verb

To join metal with single circular welds

noun

A weld of this kind

spotˈ-welder noun

high spot

The most memorable or exciting moment

in a spot

In a difficult situation

knock (the) spots off

To surpass or outdo easily

on the spot

  1. At the very place
  2. There and then
  3. Alert, equal to the occasion
  4. In difficulty or danger (eg put on the spot, orig to doom to be murdered) (on-the-spotˈ adjective)

soft spot (informal)

  1. Affectionate feeling or weakness (for)
  2. A fontanelle (informal)

tight spot (informal)

A dangerous or difficult situation

weak spot (informal)

  1. A weakness
  2. An area in which one is not knowledgeable
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