English Dictionary

soft

/sɒft/

adj

Easily giving way under pressure. / (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh. / (of a sound) Quiet. / Gentle.

The soft pillow provided a comfortable place to rest.

意味（1）

Easily giving way under pressure.

My head sank easily into the soft pillow.

意味（2）

(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.

Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.

意味（3）

(of a sound) Quiet.

I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.

意味（4）

Gentle.

There was a soft breeze blowing.

意味（5）

Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.

soft eyes

意味（6）

Gentle in action or motion; easy.

On her soft axle, white she paces even, / And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.

意味（7）

Weak in character; impressible.

The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's.

意味（8）

Requiring little or no effort; easy.

Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

意味（9）

Not bright or intense.

soft lighting

意味（10）

Having a slight angle from straight.

At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.

意味（11）

(phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.

DH represents the voiced (soft) th of English these clothes.

意味（12）

(phonetics, rare) Voiceless.

意味（13）

(Slavic phonology) Palatalized.

意味（14）

(slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.

‘Going soft on me, Jack?’ ‘You know I’m not.’ ‘Then why all the fuss and blow?’

意味（15）

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.

意味（16）

(UK, colloquial) Foolish.

He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.

意味（17）

(physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)

意味（18）

(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.

意味（19）

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

The admin imposed a soft ban on the user.

意味（20）

(UK, of a man) Effeminate.

A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering.

意味（21）

Agreeable to the senses.

a soft liniment

意味（22）

Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.

soft colours

意味（23）

(photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.

意味（24）

(computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.

Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.

意味（25）

(of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.

意味（26）

(finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.

Overall the rental market is soft and multifamily permit activity is almost nonexistent.