mellowed

1. ADJ-GRADED (颜色)柔和的,温暖的
   Mellow is used to describe things that have a pleasant, soft, rich colour, usually red, orange, yellow, or brown.
   1. ...a classic Queen Anne house of mellow red brick with a white portico.
      一座典型的安妮女王时代的房屋，有着色彩柔和的红砖和白色的门廊
   2. ...this mellow Cotswold manor house.
      这座古色古香的科茨沃尔德庄园宅邸
   3. ...the softer, mellower light of evening.
      夜晚更为温和、柔媚的光线
2. ADJ-GRADED (声音)悦耳的，圆润的;(味道)香醇的
   A mellow sound or flavour is pleasant, smooth, and rich.
   1. His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality.
      他的嗓音低沉悦耳，他的讲话能抚慰人心。
   2. ...the mellow background music.
      舒缓的背景音乐
   3. ...a delightfully mellow, soft and balanced wine.
      口感芳醇、柔和、恰到好处的葡萄酒
3. V-ERG (使)变平和;(使)变得成熟
   If someone mellows or if something mellows them, they become kinder or less extreme in their behaviour, especially as a result of growing older.
   1. When the children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little...
      等孩子们结了婚又有了自己的小孩以后，他变得平和了一些。
   2. Marriage had not mellowed him.
      婚姻并没有让他成熟起来。
   3. Mellow is also an adjective.
      
   4. Is she more mellow and tolerant?
      她更成熟、更宽容吗？
4. ADJ-GRADED (尤指喝过酒或品尝过美食后)怡然自得的
   If someone is mellow, they feel very relaxed and cheerful, especially as the result of alcohol or good food.
   1. He'd had a few glasses of champagne himself and was fairly mellow...
      他自己也已几杯香槟下肚，很是飘飘然。
   2. At the other tables couples were now in a mellow mood, chattering happily and drinking.
      其他桌上的情侣们正一边饮酒一边畅谈，兴致很高。

1. When the children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little
   等孩子们结了婚又有了自己的小孩以后，他变得平和了一些。
2. Marriage had not mellowed him.
   婚姻并没有让他成熟起来。
3. He was mellowed by a wife who weaned him off violence and drink
   他妻子帮他戒除了动粗和嗜酒的恶习，使他变得成熟了。
4. Industry peers say the angry young man of British media has since mellowed considerably.
   但业界同行表示，这位英国传媒的“愤青”自那时起已成熟了许多。
5. If the manner has mellowed, though, the uncompromising attitude is still very much in evidence.
   不过，如果说盖茨的举止已变得更有分寸，那么他的不妥协态度可以说仍十分明显。
6. The years have mellowed the two brothers.
   岁月使这兄弟俩老成持重了。
7. Have you been immunized ( against smallpox) yet? Jack Daniels's whiskey is mellowed using Sugar Maple charcoal.
   你接种过（抗天花）疫苗没有？过滤和软化这种威士忌的是枫木炭。
8. But that view mellowed.
   但他这种看法渐渐发生了转变。
9. Well-balanced. A very harmonious wine with a subtle final of spices and developing into mellowed honey.
   平衡极佳，是一款非常和谐的酒，香料在余味中逐渐转为柔和的蜂蜜味。
10. With age, he mellowed.
    随着年龄的增长，他更成熟了。
11. He says that age should have mellowed me.
    他说我到了这年纪，应该变得老成持重了。
12. Age has mellowed his attitude to some things.
    他随着年龄的增加，对某些事情的看法已日趋成熟。
13. Thus mellowed to that tender light which heaven to gaudy day denies.
    柔和在那明亮夜光中炫丽的白天只觉这光太强。
14. Marriage and children do, however, appear to have mellowed Mr O 'Leary.
    不过，婚姻和子女似乎确实让奥莱利变得成熟了。
15. The personal intensity still occasionally breaks through, but people close to Mr Montgomery say he has mellowed.
    虽然蒙哥马利强烈的个性偶尔还是会爆发，但与他关系密切的人表示，他已经成熟起来。
16. In his 20s he felt he had something to prove; now at the age of 37, he has mellowed.
    二十多岁时桑德斯觉得自己需要证明些什么，现在他37岁，他已经成熟了。
17. Marriage seems to have mellowed her.
    婚姻似乎使她变得温柔了。
18. Time had ripened the apple tree and mellowed its fruits.
    时间使这株苹果树成熟，使其果实甜而多汁。
19. He felt only a vast grief which mellowed him.
    他只觉得一股巨大的悲痛涨满了他的心胸。
20. It mellowed his mood toward her.
    这使他对她的心情软化了。
21. Jack Daniels's whiskey is mellowed using Sugar Maple charcoal.
    过滤和软化这种威士忌的是枫木炭。
22. When he spoke it was with a tolerant philosophical air, as though the beer had mellowed him.
    等他说话的时候，他有一种大度安详的神情，好像啤酒使他心平气和起来一样。
23. She had mellowed a great deal since their days at college.
    大学毕业以后，她成熟了许多。
24. Spicy ginger mellowed by smooth molasses, dusted with a bit of sugar.
    辛辣生姜婉转流畅糖蜜，糖撒了一点。
25. The music-from a lively, talented combo-plus wine and an excellent dinner, mellowed them all.
    一个活泼的有才华的乐队演奏的音乐加上酒和一顿丰盛的晚餐使他们都心情舒畅了。
26. The years have mellowed me.
    岁月让我成熟。
27. But as the years went by Miss Marple mellowed.
    但随着岁月的流逝，玛波小姐变得可爱起来。
28. The peyote mellowed them out, made them less uptight.
    佩奥特使它们成熟，让它们放松。
29. Sir, we were just commenting on how you'd mellowed.
    长官，我们正在谈论您的声音是如何的圆润。
30. To show sympathy the policeman told of his own married life, and how the relationship had mellowed from ardent romance to an agreeable peaceful existence.
    出于同情，警察向矮个汉子讲述了自己的婚姻生活，以及他俩的关系怎样从狂热的爱恋变成平静和谐的生活。

adj

1. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
   1. mellow wisdom
   2. the peace of mellow age

   Synonym:    mellow

2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
   1. a mellow port
   2. mellowed fruit

   Synonym:    mellow