mellow

adjective

/ˈmeləʊ/

(comparative mellower, superlative mellowest)

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(of colour or sound色彩或声音) soft, rich and pleasant柔和丰富的
- mellow autumn colours宜人的秋色
- Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere.柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
- The leaves looked golden in the mellow afternoon light.树叶在柔和的午后光线下看起来是金色的。
- The floor was of mellow golden stone.地板用柔和的金黄色石料铺成。
Topics Colours and Shapesc2
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(of a taste or flavour味道或香味) smooth and pleasant醇香的；甘美的
- a mellow, fruity wine醇正浓香的葡萄酒
- coffee with a full mellow flavour味道醇厚的咖啡
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(of people人) calm, gentle and reasonable because of age or experience老练的；成熟的
- Dad's certainly grown mellower with age.随着年龄的增长，父亲当然是更老练了。
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(informal) (of people人) relaxed, calm and happy, especially after drinking alcohol（尤指酒后）飘飘然的，怡然自得的
- After two glasses of wine, I was feeling mellow.两杯葡萄酒下肚，我就飘飘然了。
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, sweet, and juicy’): perhaps from attributive use of Old English melu, melw- (see meal ‘ground grain or pulses’). The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

mellow

verb

/ˈmeləʊ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mellow	/ˈmeləʊ/ /ˈmeləʊ/
he / she / it mellows	/ˈmeləʊz/ /ˈmeləʊz/
past simple mellowed	/ˈmeləʊd/ /ˈmeləʊd/
past participle mellowed	/ˈmeləʊd/ /ˈmeləʊd/
-ing form mellowing	/ˈmeləʊɪŋ/ /ˈmeləʊɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive, transitive] to become or make somebody become less extreme in behaviour, etc., especially as a result of growing older（使）成熟，老成
- She had mellowed a great deal since their days at college.大学毕业以后，她成熟了许多。
- He had mellowed a lot over the years.这些年来，他变得成熟了许多。
- She had mellowed a little with age.随着年龄的增长，她变得成熟了一些。
- mellow somebody A period spent working abroad had done nothing to mellow him.他在海外工作了一段时间，却没有变得老练。
[intransitive, transitive] mellow (something) to become or to make a colour become less bright, especially over a period of time（尤指一段时间后颜色）变柔和；（使颜色）柔和
[intransitive, transitive] mellow (something) to develop or make wine develop a pleasant and less bitter taste over a period of time（使酒）更加醇香