delicate

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a. 细致优雅的, 微妙的, 美味的 [医] 柔弱的

发音

UK /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/
CA /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kɪt/
US /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kɪt/
CA /ˈdɛl.ə.kɪt/
US /ˈdɛl.ə.kɪt/
AU /ˈdel.ɪ.kɪt/

词形变化

delicates 复数 delicates delicater delicatest more delicate 比较级 delicater 比较级 most delicate 最高级 delicatest 最高级

别名

delycate

教材释义与例句

形容词

微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的

needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively in order to avoid problems or failure

There's something I have to speak to you about – it's a delicate matter .

我有件事要跟你讲——是一件需要谨慎处理的事。

delicate negotiations

微妙的谈判

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.

    Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!

  2. 2.

    A choice dainty; a delicacy.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A moth of the species Mythimna vitellina.

adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

    微妙

    纤巧

    娇嫩

    Those clothes are made from delicate lace.

    The negotiations were very delicate.

  2. 2.

    Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

    精巧

    精美

    精致

    Her face was delicate.

    The spider wove a delicate web.

    There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window.

  3. 3.

    Intended for use with fragile items.

    Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.

  4. 4.

    Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.

    文雅

    斯文

    delicate behaviour

    delicate attentions

    delicate thoughtfulness

  5. 5.

    Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

    虚弱

    羸弱

    娇嫩

    a delicate child

    delicate health

  6. 6.

    Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.

    非正式

    Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.

  7. 7.

    Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

    废旧
  8. 8.

    Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

    a delicate dish

    delicate flavour

  9. 9.

    Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.

  10. 10.

    Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.

    a delicate shade of blue

  11. 11.

    Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

  12. 12.

    Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.

    a delicate taste

    a delicate ear for music

  13. 13.

    Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

    a delicate thermometer

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

soft fragile touchy frail ticklish finespun

反义词 1

rugged

近义相关 10

hard difficult sensitive tender fragile exquisite skilled refined dainty ethereal

参见 3

weak frail breakable

词源

From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, (in Medieval Latin also) fine, slender”), from dēlicia + -ātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), usually in plural dēliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from dēliciō (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare delight, delicious and Spanish delgado (“thin, skinny”). The noun is from a substantivization of the adjective (see -ate).

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