Soften

(verb.) become soft or softer; 'The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it'.

(verb.) make soft or softer; 'This liquid will soften your laundry'.

(verb.) make (images or sounds) soft or softer.

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• You have no right to shut your eyes to any of it nor any right to forget any of it nor to soften it nor to change it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• But try, try--not for my sake, but for uncle's goodness, try to let your heart soften to me, only for a little little time! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• As the last thing on earth that his heart was to warm and soften to, it warmed and softened to this pitiable girl. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• As his lineaments soften with life, their faces and their hearts harden to him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That would, indeed, be a civil war of the worst description: we should rather, through the instrumentality of men of science, soften the asper ities of national hostility. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Marianne was softened in a moment. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Mr. Bruff's face softened, for the first time, into a smile. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She could never do enough for me and was remarkably softened now in comparison with what she had been when we first knew her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her cordial look, when she put out her hand to him, softened his expression, but only with melancholy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The steel for the manufacture of dies is carefully selected, forged at a high heat into the rough die, softened by careful annealing, and then handed over to the engraver. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To her he soon turned, repeating much of what he had already said, with only a softened air and stronger expressions of regret. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• No, said Miss Jellyby, softening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• To a softening down of your ideas of the incompatibility? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Well, well,' said Mr. Pickwick, with a sigh, but softening into a smile at the same time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It belonged in the list of softening, sensuous influences peculiar to this home of Eastern luxury. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The deeper he sank into this silence, the fainter hope there was--or so Darnay thought--of his softening in any slight degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It was a softening employment, and she had to brush away the unbidden tears as Mrs. Thornton was announced. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• When thoroughly dry it is grained with a toothed instrument on the flesh side and bruised on the grain or hair side for the purpose of softening the leather. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper,' said Mr. Bumble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I judge by your looks, brave sir, that imprisonment will subdue your blood much sooner than it softens this hot wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• This softens them and makes them more workable, and it also acts as a preservative. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This entirely softens the stern sire. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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