English Dictionary

mellow

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɛləʊ/

形容詞

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(also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp. / (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.

日本語の意味

（果実が）熟して柔らかくなった状態、つまり熟れすぎて中身が柔らかい様子 / （食べ物や飲み物に対して）熟成されたことにより、まろやかで酸味や辛さがなく、滑らかな味わいを持つ状態

The peach was mellow and yielded easily to my fingers.

その桃は完熟して柔らかく、指で簡単に潰れるほどだった。

意味（1）

(also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.

a mellow apple

意味（2）

(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.

The claret ſmooth, red as the lip we preſs / In ſparkling fancy, while we drain the bowl; / The mellow-taſted Burgundy; and quick, / As is the wit it gives, the gay champaign.

意味（3）

(of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.

[A] wyse and counnynge gardener […] will first serche throughout his gardeyne where he can finde the most melowe and fertile erth: and therin wil he put the sede of the herbe to growe and be norisshed: […]

意味（4）

(of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.

Nor autumn yet had bruſh'd from ev'ry ſpray, / With her chill hand, the mellow leaves away; […]

意味（5）

(of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm.

And mellow Autumn, charged with bounteous fruit, / Where is she imaged? in what favoured clime / Her lavish pomp, and ripe magnificence?

意味（6）

(of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.

How ſweet and mellow, and yet how Majeſtick, is the Sound of it!

意味（7）

Senses relating to a person or their qualities.

意味（8）

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.

mellower （ comparative ）

more mellow （ comparative ）

mellowest （ superlative ）

most mellow （ superlative ）