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delicately

/del-i-kit/US // ˈdɛl ɪ kɪt //UK // (ˈdɛlɪkɪt) //

娇滴滴地,巧妙地,娇艳地,娇嫩地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
    • : fragile; easily damaged; frail: delicate porcelain; a delicate child.
    • : so fine as to be scarcely perceptible; subtle: a delicate flavor.
    • : soft or faint, as color: a delicate shade of pink.
    • : fine or precise in action or execution; capable of responding to the slightest influence: a delicate instrument.
    • : requiring great care, caution, or tact: a delicate international situation.
    • : distinguishing subtle differences: a delicate eye; a delicate sense of smell.
    • : exquisite or refined in perception or feeling; sensitive.
    • : regardful of what is becoming, proper, etc.: a delicate sense of propriety.
    • : mindful of or sensitive to the feelings of others: a delicate refusal.
    • : dainty or choice, as food: delicate tidbits.
    • : primly fastidious; squeamish: not a movie for the delicate viewer.
    • : Obsolete. sensuous; voluptuous.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
    • : Obsolete. a source of pleasure; luxury.

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Examples

  • Our last option is made entirely of aluminum, inside and out, so it’s a great choice if you don’t want the pressure of taking care of delicate glass.

  • Seeking something that was “fresh yet delicate,” according to Gjerde, they landed on a cuvée comprised of 48% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, and 12% Pinot Meunier.

  • In the podcast, I think iO walks a delicate line between journalism and inserting himself into the story, and he does it incredibly well!

  • It takes very little energy to break up pairs of electrons in a superconductor, and these pairs break up into free electrons, potentially leading to energy exchanges that can destroy the superconductor’s delicate state.

  • Such a delicate structure could have formed only through an equally delicate, gentle process.

  • The cheery 69-year-old father of eight sits in the center with his wife and delicately brandishes a small, brown book.

  • Then, as the car pulled away, he again began his slow movements with the girl delicately balanced on the hitching post.

  • PANKISI GORGE, Georgia—The mother of martyrs, a woman in her fifties, is delicately beautiful and visibly in pain.

  • This deft, delicately wrought story is Murakami at his best.

  • I just found it depressingly tone deaf for a show that typically handles these sensitive issues so delicately.

  • Portuguese snuff seemed to be in favor and was delicately perfumed.

  • He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.

  • Here the tobacco plant attains its finest form and most delicately flavored leaves.

  • They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

  • Now here is a lady, well educated and delicately nurtured, who is destitute of the common necessaries of life.