mellow

英 ['meləʊ] 美 ['meloʊ]

• adj. 成熟的；醇的；熟练的
• v. （使）变熟，（使）柔和

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. (颜色或声音)柔和的,丰富的

   soft,pure and rich in colour or sound

2. (水果)熟透的，甘美多汁的，(酒)芳醇的

   fully ripe in flavour or taste

3. 成熟的，老练的，稳健的

   (more) wise and sympathetic through age or experience (than previously)

4. 高兴的；微醉的

   genial,cheerful,etc. especially as a result of being slightly drunk

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)成熟

   (cause to) become mellow

英英释义

Adjective:

1. unhurried and relaxed;

   "a mellow conversation"
   

2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging;

   "a mellow port"
   "mellowed fruit"
   

3. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience;

   "mellow wisdom"
   "the peace of mellow age"
   

4. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience;

   "mellow wisdom"
   "the peace of mellow age"
   

5. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Adverb:

1. (obsolete) in a mellow manner

Verb:

1. soften, make mellow;

   "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
   

2. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;

   "With age, he mellowed"
   

3. make or grow (more) mellow;

   "These apples need to mellow a bit more"
   "The sun mellowed the fruit"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He has a mellow attitude to life.
   他对生活有种成熟的看法。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. The sky appeared mellow colours.
   天空呈现出柔和的色彩。
2. His experience brings him the mellow attitude to life.
   丰富的经验给予他对生活成熟的看法。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The white wine is mellow and smooth.Try it.
   这种白葡萄酒香而柔和，你尝尝看。
2. I'd had two glass of wine and I was feeling mellow.
   我喝了两杯葡萄酒，顿时觉得心旷神怡。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Wine mellows with age.
   酒陈则味醇。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. Age has mellowed his attitude to some things.
   随着年龄的增加，他对某些事情的看法已日趋成熟。

经典引文

• As Hercules Did shake down mellow fruit.

  出自：Coriolanus , Shakespeare

• Mellow nuts have hardest rind.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• Its colours mellow'd, not impair'd, by time.

  出自： S. Rogers

• The year..had mellowed the fruits of the earth.

  出自： Lytton

• There he mellow'd all his heart with ale.

  出自： Tennyson

• Age may have mellowed him, for he..made a benevolent grandfather.

  出自： E. Bowen

• The sun was blistering, but mellowed by a light wind.

  出自： F. Forsyth

• It was a brutal city, and its past did nothing to mellow it.

  出自： C. Thubron

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• mellow attitude to life 对生活的成熟看法
• mellow fruit 熟透的水果
• the mellow tones of a violin 小提琴柔和的乐音

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

mellow, mature, ripe

• 这组词的共同意思是“成熟”,其区别在于:
• 1.ripe和mellow都可表示“成熟可供食用”, ripe可用于水果、谷物、酒、奶酪等,而mellow只用于水果,不用于谷物。用于水果时, ripe侧重可供食用,而mellow侧重其成熟甘甜而引人喜爱。例如:
• Apples are at their best in the autumn when they are at their fattest and most mellow.秋天,苹果最好吃,长得最大、最甜。
• 2.ripe, mature和mellow都可用于修饰人, mature指人生理上的成熟,而ripe和mellow指人思想、心理、感情、行为上的成熟老练; mellow只用于褒义,而ripe不仅可以用于褒义,还可用于贬义,指“老朽,粗俗”。例如:
• A marriage contracted in mature years often turns out best.成熟年龄阶段结合的婚姻通常证明是最佳婚姻。
• I've seen him grow more mellow over the years.我看他这些年来渐渐成熟起来。
• That joke was rather ripe.那个笑话太粗俗了。

v. (动词)

mellow, age, develop, mature, ripen

• 这组词的共同含义是“成熟,长成”。其区别是：
• mature不仅指身体上,也指精神、智力方面“成熟”; age则侧重“变老,老化”,可指人,也可指物; develop意为“生长,成长”,可指局部的,也可指整体的变化; mellow则指水果成熟、酒酿成,也可指人因年龄的增长,经验的积累而变得老练成熟; 而ripen的意思是“使…成熟”,着重指无生命的东西。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mature 成熟的
• soften (使)变柔和
• laid-back 松驰的
• fill out 填写
• develop 发展
• calm down （使)平静
• ease up 缓和
• settle down 安下心来
• ripe 成熟的
• relax 休息
• smooth 光滑的
• rich 富有的
• full 满的
• warm 温暖的
• placid 平静的
• easygoing 随和的
• calm 平静的
• full-grown 生长完全的
• developed 发达的
• ripen (使)成熟
• soft 柔软的
• mellowed 动词mellow的过去式...
• high 高的
• mellowly 柔软且甜地
• melt 融化
• mellow out 放松; 舒心

派生词

v.(动词)

• mellowly adv. 甘美多汁地；高兴地‖mellowness n. 成熟；丰富；高兴