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affectionate 音標拼音: [əf'ɛkʃənət] [əf'ɛkʃənɪt] a. 情深的,充滿情愛的 情深的,充滿情愛的 affectionate adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; " affectionate children"; " a fond embrace"; " fond of his nephew"; " a tender glance"; " a warm embrace" [ synonym: { affectionate}, { fond}, { lovesome}, { tender}, { warm}] Affectionate \ Af* fec" tion* ate\, a. [ Cf. F. affectionn[' e].] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [ Obs.] -- Johson. [ 1913 Webster] Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. -- Sprat. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Strongly inclined; -- with to. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " affectionate": Christian, Christlike, Christly, adoring, benign, benignant, brotherly, caring, compassionate, conjugal, dear, decent, demonstrative, devoted, doting, faithful, filial, fond, fraternal, good, gracious, human, humane, husbandly, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly- disposed, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, nice, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, uxorious, warm, warmhearted, wifely |
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