英语词汇“delicate-sounding”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. With present participles, forming adjectives in which delicate expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in delicate-looking, delicate-sounding, delicate-tasting, etc.

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1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania ii. 242 The bankes..were of such sweetnesse, as the plenty of the most delicate smelling flowers could yeeld vnto them.

1704 Expert Orthographist iii. 99/2 Pheasant, a delicate eating Fowl.

1817 J. Austen Sanditon x, in Minor Wks. (1954) 413 A very puny, delicate-looking young Man, the smallest very materially of not a robust Family.

1887 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 27 Aug. Daily Bull. Suppl. Perhaps the names of today are more refined and delicate-sounding when spoken, and therefore more fitting to the young ladies of 1887.

1953 Life 13 July 75 (advt.) The dewy-fresh flavor of Ann Page Mayonnaise sets off delicate-tasting salads to perfection.

2010 Ideal Home May 166/1 This hardy variety of Japanese wisteria produces slightly more delicate-looking, violet-blue flower heads.

单词	delicate-sounding
释义	> as lemmas delicate-sounding b. With present participles, forming adjectives in which delicate expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in delicate-looking, delicate-sounding, delicate-tasting, etc. ΚΠ 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania ii. 242 The bankes..were of such sweetnesse, as the plenty of the most delicate smelling flowers could yeeld vnto them. 1704 Expert Orthographist iii. 99/2 Pheasant, a delicate eating Fowl. 1817 J. Austen Sanditon x, in Minor Wks. (1954) 413 A very puny, delicate-looking young Man, the smallest very materially of not a robust Family. 1887 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 27 Aug. Daily Bull. Suppl. Perhaps the names of today are more refined and delicate-sounding when spoken, and therefore more fitting to the young ladies of 1887. 1953 Life 13 July 75 (advt.) The dewy-fresh flavor of Ann Page Mayonnaise sets off delicate-tasting salads to perfection. 2010 Ideal Home May 166/1 This hardy variety of Japanese wisteria produces slightly more delicate-looking, violet-blue flower heads. extracted from delicateadj.n. < as lemmas
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