tenderness

英 ['tendənɪs]

美

n.  温柔; 柔情; 压痛; 柔和

TOEFL医学

BNC.10448 / COCA.11011

英英释义

noun

• a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
• a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
  Synonym:softheartedness
• a positive feeling of liking
  1. he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
  2. the child won everyone's heart
  3. the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
  Synonym:affectionaffectionatenessfondnessheartwarmnesswarmheartednessphilia
• warm compassionate feelings
  Synonym:tenderheartedness
• a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
  1. the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
  2. after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
  Synonym:sorenessrawness

双语例句

• If tenderness and truth could last.
  即便温柔和忠诚能延续。
• The pain and tenderness in the muscles can be very severe and is an aid to diagnosis.
  疼痛和压痛在肌肉，可以是很严重的是援助，以诊断。
• We have tenderness, we have intimacy, we connect.
  我们有温柔，我们有亲密我们灵犀相通。
• She felt that his tenderness, his passion, and his love were real.
  她感到他的温存、他的情感和他的爱都是真挚的。
• The condition mainly strikes women and can cause severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons.
  纤维肌痛主要在女性发生，可以导致肌肉，韧带和肌腱的严重疼痛。
• My heart overflowed with tenderness.
  我的心里充满了柔情。
• In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness.
  显然，在我生活的寂静、黑暗的世界里，是没有强烈的柔情和关爱的。
• There was a tenderness that radiated from her that touched and ached me.
  从她的身上我可以感受到她辐射出的柔情，让我感动，让我心痛。
• The beauty, courage and tenderness of animals teach us something new in our day today life.
  动物的美丽，勇气和柔情教我们新的东西在我们今天生活。
• Look in your beauty, eyes filled with tenderness and appreciation.
  凝视你的美，目光中充满温柔与欣赏。