velvety

FREQ #48620

a. 像天鹅绒的, 轻软光滑的, 柔和的, 平和的

发音

其它 /ˈvɛlvəti/

词形变化

more velvety 比较级 velvetier velvetiest most velvety 最高级

别名

velvetty

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

    比喻

    The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.

    The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.

    1964, Elie Wiesel, The Town Beyond the Wall (1962), translated by Stephen Becker, New York: Atheneum, 1964, p. 104, Tangier was washed in a velvety bluish twilight.

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词源

From velvet + -y.

来源:wiktionary