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delicateness

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

精致度,精致性,美味度,娇嫩度

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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

  • Trimming nose hairs is delicate, personal business, and the Norelco has that firmly in mind.

  • The sheer glass makes for a delicate and unique way to display plants.

  • There’s an air intake on each side, and the entire back of the machine is vented to funnel hot air away from the delicate components inside.

  • The demo showed it stacking several delicate wine glasses on top of each other on an unfamiliar surface.

  • Worse, he said, is that he had spent years digging and rigging holes to water cattle based on where rain pools, a delicate system that would be jeopardized by trenching and construction.

  • The scenes between Johansson and Adam Pearson, a man with neurofibromatosis, are some of the most delicate and visceral this year.

  • She used electrolysis to banish the prickly hair from her delicate face.

  • It's about the delicate fabric of the universe and how our fragile insides crumble when that fabric is torn.

  • For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.

  • Its spine, too, “‘hubbed’ as the most prized European classics are,” is decorated with delicate gold squiggles and a star.

  • The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.

  • This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.

  • Isabel had a glimpse of a delicate high-bred face set like a panel in a parted curtain.

  • Indifferent health, for he was delicate too, was one of the bonds between us.

  • Not to smoke at all in the presence of a superior, is held the most delicate homage which can be paid him.