Softening

(noun.) the process of becoming softer; 'refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit'; 'he observed the softening of iron by heat'.

校对:玛拉

• 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.
• Miss Bart received this explanation without perceptible softening. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There had been a softening of manners and a general refinement since the days of Julius C?sar. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then to Pablo, her eyes softening, So you have come back, eh? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The water-wheel of the paper-mill was audible there, and seemed to have a softening influence on the bright wintry scene. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He might think my brain was softening, or something of the kind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• To watch this schism creeping across the brave beginnings of Islam is like watching a case of softening of the brain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Natural fibers, moreover, are difficult to spin and weave unless some softening material such as wax or resin is rubbed lightly over them. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Listen to me, Rebecca, he said, again softening his tone; England,--Europe,--is not the world. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

校对:克劳斯