| 单词 | delicate |
| 释义 | delicate (once / 91 pages) adj Delicate things, like a flower, a necklace or someone’s feelings are fragile, easily broken and often quite beautiful. A delicate situation. A delicate balance. A delicate child. A delicate lace design. A delicate taste. Sometimes the word implies intricate beauty and at other times fragility. Delicate can have negative overtones: A delicate situation is a tricky one. A delicate balance describes an agreement that might turn sour any moment. A delicate child may cry easily. But delicate can also refer to things that are very lovely and hard to reproduce: a delicate lace collar on a dress stands out. A delicate flavor, like pomegranate peach mint sauce, makes salad — or vanilla ice cream — much more delicious. WORD FAMILYdelicate: delicacy, delicately, delicater, delicatest, indelicate, overdelicate+/delicacy: delicacies, indelicacy/indelicacy: indelicacies/indelicate: indelicately USAGE EXAMPLESMills politely insisted, and Plummer acknowledges, “I was better as a screen actor because of Mike Mills and his delicate way with psychology.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But the delicate devices can’t be sterilized like a scalpel because intense heat would destroy crucial components. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Bite for bite, it’s delicate, extremely mild and moist. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety Syn finespun refined (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel 2adj marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique a surgeon's delicate touch Syn skilled having or showing or requiring special skill 3adj exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury a delicate violin passage delicate china a delicate flavor the delicate wing of a butterfly Syn|Ant dainty, exquisite delicately beautiful ethereal, gossamercharacterized by unusual lightness and delicacy fragilevulnerably delicate light-handedhaving a metaphorically delicate touch overdelicateextremely delicate pastellacking in body or vigor tender(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition breakablecapable of being broken or damaged frailphysically weak weakwanting in physical strength rugged sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring knockaboutsuitable for rough use sturdy, toughsubstantially made or constructed robuststurdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction stronghaving strength or power greater than average or expected tough, toughenedphysically toughened 4adj easily broken or damaged or destroyed a kite too delicate to fly safely Syn fragile, frail breakable capable of being broken or damaged 5adj easily hurt a baby's delicate skin Syn soft tender, untoughened physically untoughened 6adj of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments Syn sensitive responsive to physical stimuli 7adj difficult to handle; requiring great tact delicate negotiations with the big powers Syn ticklish, touchy difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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