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delicate

英 ['delɪkət] 美[ˈdɛlɪkɪt]
  • adj. 微妙的;精美的,雅致的;柔和的;易碎的;纤弱的;清淡可口的

英英释意


1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury;
"a delicate violin passage"
"delicate china"
"a delicate flavor"
"the delicate wing of a butterfly"
2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique;
"a surgeon's delicate touch"
3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"
"fragile porcelain plates"
"fragile old bones"
"a frail craft"
4. easily hurt;
"soft hands"
"a baby's delicate skin"
5. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;
"the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
6. difficult to handle; requiring great tact;
"delicate negotiations with the big powers"
"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
7. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely;
"almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
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