tenderness
                    
      英 ['tendənɪs]                            
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                1. tender (adj.): tend- + -er. 应该是由于很柔软、很细嫩、很纤弱的东西很容易拉伸,由此引申形容那些很容易拉伸、很容易因拉伸而受伤、一拉就痛的的东西。
2. 即:the things that can be stretched easily, or it could be easily painful by stretching.
3. 用一个不存在但很贴切的词形容就是:非常的*stretchable.
4. tender + -ness.            
                        
            
                
- 1. She smiled, politely rather than with tenderness or gratitude. 
- 她只是出于礼貌地笑了笑,而非出于关心或感激。
- 2. There is still some tenderness in her tummy. 
- 她的肚子还有点疼。
- 3. He felt a brief wave of tenderness towards his old teacher. 
- 他对他年迈的老师湧起了一股爱怜之情.
- 4. There was tenderness in his face as he looked at her. 
- 他看着她的时候满脸温柔.
- 5. She spoke with loving tenderness. 
- 她亲切慈爱地讲话.