pernickety

a. 不大方的, 爱挑剔的, 难以取悦的, (工作)需要精细的

发音

UK /pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/
其它
UK /pəˈnɪk.ə.ti/
AU /pəˈnɪk.ə.ti/
AU /pəˈnɪk.ə.ɾi/

词形变化

more pernickety 比较级 most pernickety 最高级

别名

persnickety

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.

    爱尔兰 英国
  2. 2.

    Requiring attention to minor details.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

persnickety

近义相关 1

fastidious

词源

From Scots pernickety, persnickety, apparently from per- + nick (“a notch, mark, cutting retort”) + -et (“-ed”) + -y; equivalent to English per- + nick + -ety; literally, “marked up”, then “overly precise”. The alternative form persnickety, with s, may be due to substitution of Scots sneck (“a cut, notch”) for nick. Compare also Scots variants pernicked, pernicket, pirnicky, and pernicky.

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