Delicate
['delɪkət] or [ˈdɛlɪkɪt]
解释:
(adj.) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; 'a delicate violin passage'; 'delicate china'; 'a delicate flavor'; 'the delicate wing of a butterfly' .
(adj.) easily broken or damaged or destroyed; 'a kite too delicate to fly safely'; 'fragile porcelain plates'; 'fragile old bones'; 'a frail craft' .
(adj.) difficult to handle; requiring great tact; 'delicate negotiations with the big powers';'hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter'; 'a touchy subject' .
(adj.) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; 'almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments' .
(adj.) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; 'a surgeon's delicate touch' .
(adj.) easily hurt; 'soft hands'; 'a baby's delicate skin' .
录入:罗兰--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
(a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
(a.) Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."
(a.) Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
(a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
(a.) Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
(a.) Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
(a.) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
(a.) Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.
(a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.
(a.) Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
(a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
(a.) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.
(n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
(n.) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
德洛丽丝校对
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Pleasant, pleasing, delicious, agreeable, savory, palatable.[2]. Fine, nice, elegant, exquisite.[3]. Tender, slender, weak.[4]. Discriminating, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, dainty, of nice perception.[5]. Refined, pure.
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同义词及反义词：
[See DELICACY_and_COARSE]
格拉迪斯校对
解释:
adj. pleasing to the senses esp. the taste: dainty: nicely discriminating or perceptive: of a fine slight texture or constitution: tender: frail not robust: requiring nice handling: refined in manners: gentle polite considerate: luxurious.—n. Del′icacy state or quality of being delicate: refinement: nicety: tenderness weakness: luxuriousness: anything delicate or dainty.—adv. Del′icately in a delicate manner: (B.) luxuriously.—n. Del′icateness state of being delicate: (B.) delicacy luxury.—n.pl. Del′icates (B.) delicacies.
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例句:
- It was new and oh, so delicate in its luminous wonder and fear. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Have you no eyes, that you don't see how delicate and slender she is? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- That's Bentley Drummle, I replied; the one with the delicate face is Startop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I am too fine for them--too delicate. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- There never was a more delicate man than Dodson, ma'am, or a more humane man than Fogg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Hermione lifted it down with delicate slowness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Allow me to offer you these violets, presenting a small bouquet between his delicate finger and thumb. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The books are extant to this day, with the fair delicate superscription. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Her delicate organization and creative imagination rendered her peculiarly susceptible of pleasurable emotion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- You are a beauty in my eyes, and a beauty just after the desire of my heart,--delicate and aerial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- A very delicate blade devised for very delicate work. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The massive but delicate coining presses coin from 80 to 100 pieces a minute. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Kitty is slight and delicate; and Mary studies so much, that her hours of repose should not be broken in on. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- From the delicate hair spring of a watch to the massive armor plate of a battleship, it finds endless applications, and is nature’s most enduring gift to man--abundant, cheap, and lasting. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- He was a most artistic and delicate writer, and Socrates could write nothing consecutive. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She would like advice, but is not sure that the matter is not too delicate for communication. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Felix was too delicate to accept this offer; yet he looked forward to the probability of that event as to the consummation of his happiness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- He laughed more, as he kissed her delicate, finely perfumed hair. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She constantly evinced these nice perceptions and delicate instincts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- But he was afraid to say it, or anything else that might disturb the delicate balance of her trust in him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Not making the least account of the one with the delicate face, he returned, Bentley Drummle is his name, is it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- So, gentlemen, said he, you have attained your end and have certainly chosen a particularly delicate moment for your intrusion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- May I ask you a delicate question? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- In practice, and for measurements of a very delicate nature, the tasimeter is inserted in one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, as shown at A in the diagram (Fig. 2). 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- A fine rose, not deep but delicate, opens on her cheek. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The ends of the balance staff are made very small so as to form very delicate pivots which turn in jewel bearings. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- That black-coated tyrant's niece--that quiet, delicate Miss Helstone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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