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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mellow \Mel"low\, v. i.
   To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. ``Prosperity
   begins to mellow.'' --Shak.

Mellow \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.]
   [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig
   soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
   1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
      pulp; as, a mellow apple.

   2. Hence:
      (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
          mellow soil. ``Mellow glebe.'' --Drayton
      (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
          delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
          ``The mellow horn.'' --Wordsworth. ``The mellow-tasted
          Burgundy.'' --Thomson.

                The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues
                Heaven with all freaks of light.  --Percival.

   3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

            May health return to mellow age.      --Wordsworth.

            As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
            a hound.                              --W. Irving.

   4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.

Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Mellowing}.]
   To make mellow. --Shak.

         If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],
         they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.

         The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
         the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.

資料來源 : WordNet®

mellow
     adj 1: unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow
            conversation" [syn: {easygoing}, {laid-back}]
     2: having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a
        mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [syn: {mellowed}]
     3: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and
        experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
        [syn: {mellowed}]
     4: having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a
        mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of
        imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun" [syn: {mellowing}]
     5: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug
        (especially marijuana) [syn: {high}]

mellow
     adv : (obsolete) in a mellow manner [syn: {mellowly}]
     v 1: soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over
          the years"
     2: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he
        mellowed" [syn: {melt}, {mellow out}]
     3: make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a
        bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"