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Mushy Love Describe Word Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Fruit Sentimental

英语单词 mushy
英美音标 英 ['mʌʃi] 美 ['mʌʃi]
中文释义 adj.糊状的;含糊不清的;感伤的
英语例句 (1) I love movies with mushy endings.
中文例句 (1) 我喜欢结局浪漫的电影。
vocabulary简明 You might use the adjective mushy to describe an overripe banana or a tear-jerker of a commercial. Either way, it describes something soft.
vocabulary扩展 Mushy is a good word for talking about something that's doughy or pulpy, whether it's a hunk of modeling clay or your out-of-shape belly. Another way to use mushy is to mean sticky and sentimental, like a mushy love scene in a terrible movie or a mushy greeting card. Either way, the word comes from mush, or porridge, which originated from mash, or "soft mixture."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](蔬菜和水果)软塌塌的 Vegetables and fruit that are mushy are soft and have lost most of their shape.
  • When the fruit is mushy and cooked, remove from the heat.

    当水果变软煮好后,就从火上端下来。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]感伤的;多愁善感的;多情的 If you describe someone or something as mushy, you mean that they are very sentimental.
  [disapproval]
  • Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental.

    不要变得过于多愁善感。

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