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单词 delicate
释义 Adjective: delicate  delikut
  1. Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
    "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavour"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" 
  2. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    "a kite too delicate to fly safely"
    - fragile, frail 
  3. Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
    "a surgeon's delicate touch" 
  4. Easily hurt
    "a baby's delicate skin"
    - soft 
  5. Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
    - finespun 
  6. Difficult to handle; requiring great tact
    "delicate negotiations with the big powers"
    - ticklish, touchy 
  7. Of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
    "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

See also: breakable, dainty, delicately, difficult, ethereal, exquisite, fragile, frail, gossamer, hard, light-handed, overdelicate, pastel, refined, sensitive, skilled, strength, tender, untoughened, weak

Antonym: rugged

Encyclopedia: Delicate

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