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Soothing describes something that makes you feel calm, relaxed, and less worried or in less pain — like a soft voice, gentle music, warm tea, or a cream you put on sore skin. It is a gentle, comforting word. You can use it for sounds ('a soothing song'), for touch or feeling ('a soothing bath'), and even for words someone says to calm you down ('soothing words'). It always has a warm, positive feeling — nothing scary or sharp about it.
舒緩的、令人放鬆的、撫慰人心的
組成soothe (使平靜、緩解) + -ing (形容詞化,描述具有這個效果的東西)
同家族的字
- soothesoothing 是 soothe 的形容詞用法 — 「讓人平靜」的東西就是 soothing
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
soothingadj/ˈsuːðɪŋ/
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Tending to soothe or mollify.
- soothing music
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Giving relief.
- a soothing ointment
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Freeing from fear or anxiety.
- soothing words
soothingnoun/ˈsuːðɪŋ/
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The act by which somebody is soothed.
- There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
- I'll take you to the highest mountain To the depths of the deepest sea And we won't need a map, believe me Now let my body do the moving And let my hands do the soothing Let me show you the world in my eyes
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。