softening  /s'ɔfənɪŋ/  /s'ɔfnɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  softening
  軟化; 軟化的; 退火

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Softening \Sof"ten*ing\,
     a. & n. from {Soften}, v.
  
     {Softening of the brain}, or {Cerebral softening} (Med.), a
        localized softening of the brain substance, due to
        hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished
        by their color and representing different stages of the
        morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and
        white, softening.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Soften \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Softening}.]
     To make soft or more soft. Specifically:
     (a) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
  
               Their arrow's point they soften in the flame.
                                                    --Gay.
     (b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
  
               Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the
               severe.                              --Rambler.
     (c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften
         a fault.
     (d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
  
               Music can soften pain to ease.       --Pope.
     (e) To make calm and placid.
  
               All that cheers or softens life.     --Pope.
     (f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
         violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
  
               He bore his great commision in his look, But
               tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. --Dryden.
     (g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the
         coloring of a picture.
     (h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,
         troops softened by luxury.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  softening
       adj : having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
             [syn: {demulcent}, {emollient}, {salving}]
       n : the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the
           softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of
           iron by heat"