Delicacy

['delɪkəsɪ] or ['dɛləkəsi]

解释:

(noun.) subtly skillful handling of a situation.

(noun.) smallness of stature.

(noun.) refined taste; tact.

手打:托德--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

(a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

(a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.

(a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

(a.) Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

(a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

(a.) That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.

(a.) Pleasure; gratification; delight.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Pleasantness, agreeableness, deliciousness, daintiness, savoriness, relish.[2]. Dainty, tidbit, titbit.[3]. Fineness, nicety, niceness, elegance.[4]. Tenderness, slenderness, weakness, frailty.[5]. Carefulness, scrupulousness, fastidiousness, daintiness, discrimination, tact, sensibility, nice perception.[6]. Refinement, purity.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Nicety, dainty, mor, sel, refinement, tact, softness, luxury, modesty, scruple,sensitiveness, fragility

ANT:Coarseness, rudeness, rawness, muchness, indelicacy, commons, necessaries, fare,physic, vigor, robustness

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