| 单词 | dainty |
| 释义 | dainty (once / 393 pages) nadj Dainty means tiny, delicate, and lovely, so you could describe a little china tea set as dainty, and you could also call the tiny cakes on the little plates dainty. The original meaning of dainty, back in the 1300s, was "choice morsel of food," and it's still used that way to talk about a delicacy or a treat. More often, dainty is used as an adjective to describe something that's delicate and lovely. It's a compliment, unless it's used sarcastically to mean "someone who acts ridiculously prissy." An example would be to say, "Sorry I hurt you when I barely brushed against you. I didn't realize you were so dainty." WORD FAMILYdainty: daintier, dainties, daintiest, daintily, daintiness, daintyly+/daintiness: daintinesses USAGE EXAMPLESKashiba’s Crispy Rex Sole not only includes dainty fried fillets of fish but also the deep-fried skeleton, a crisp, salty, delicious bonus. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Plus, shaping the cookies into dainty lunettes without breaking them apart was a challenge. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) But the footsteps I heard were daintier, and I wasn’t near any houses. The New Yorker(Dec 17, 2016) 1n something considered choice to eat Syn|Hypo|Hyper delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat choice morsel, tidbit, titbit a small tasty bit of food savory, savouryan aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre confection, sweeta food rich in sugar ambrosia, nectar(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal gelatin, jellyan edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods bone marrow, marrowvery tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones calf's-foot jellya savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet confectionerycandy and other sweets considered collectively confiturepreserved or candied fruit sweetmeata sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) candy, confecta rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts hardbakea British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds chewing gum, guma preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee applean apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) center, centrethe sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering comfitcandy containing a fruit or nut maraschino, maraschino cherrycherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur nonpareilcolored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies gelatin dessertjellied dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice or water aspicsavory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals a source of materials to nourish the body 2adj especially pleasing to the taste a dainty dish to set before a kind Syn tasty pleasing to the sense of taste 3adj affectedly dainty or refined Syn mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee refined (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel 4adj delicately beautiful a dainty teacup Syn exquisite delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury 5adj excessively fastidious and easily disgusted Syn nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness |
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