物體本身柔軟、經不起壓
這一族是核心畫面最實體的一端：東西本身組織鬆軟，所以刀子、牙齒、風雨都能輕易改變它。
tenderness of meat · adjective · C2
The quality of food that makes it easy to cut and eat, especially after it has been cooked well.
嫩
核心畫面
One way to hold it: a softness that makes everything around it go gentle. Meat that gives way under a knife, a that hurts at a touch, a young plant that bends, a person who handles you carefully — all of them share the same picture of something soft and the light hand it asks for.
一種「不敢用力」的狀態。手放上去的時候會自動放輕——因為對方軟、對方痛、對方還小、對方經不起壓。tenderness…更多收起
一種「不敢用力」的狀態。手放上去的時候會自動放輕——因為對方軟、對方痛、對方還小、對方經不起壓。tenderness 就是這個「軟」與「因為軟而必須輕」的組合：肉是軟的所以好咬，傷處是軟的所以一碰就痛，年紀還小所以還沒長硬，而人對人的溫柔，也正是同一件事——察覺到對方有柔軟的地方，於是把力道收起來。Four branches
身體上一碰就痛
從「軟」延伸到「軟到有反應」：受傷或發炎的部位變得特別敏感，力氣還沒用上，痛已經先來了。
pain when touched · adjective · C2
Pain in a part of your body when it is touched.
壓痛
對人放輕力道的溫柔
把「因為軟所以要輕」搬到人跟人之間：你察覺對方有柔軟、會痛的地方，於是動作、語氣、照顧的方式全都收斂下來。
gentle, loving quality · adjective · C2
A gentle, careful quality that shows love.
溫柔
年紀還小、還沒長硬
把「還沒長出硬度」從植物移到人生階段：年紀輕就是人的柔軟期，經歷還薄、還容易被塑形或傷到。
at the tender age of · adjective · C2
A time of being young or still new to something, used in the phrase at the tender age of.
小小年紀
原始詞典資料4 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。
tendernessnoun/ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs/
- 1
Quality, state or condition of being tender.
- He picked her up in his arms with great tenderness.
- 2
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
- When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
- I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.
- 3
A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
- When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- Everybody needs a little tenderness sometimes.
- 4
medicinepathologysciencesA pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.
- He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
- Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness.
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。