| 单词 | delicacy |
| 释义 | delicacy /del"i keuh see/, n. , pl. delicacies. 1. fineness of texture, quality, etc.; softness; daintiness: the delicacy of lace. 2. something delightful or pleasing, esp. a choice food considered with regard to its rarity, costliness, or the like: Caviar is a great delicacy. 3. the quality of being easily broken or damaged; fragility. 4. the quality of requiring or involving great care or tact: negotiations of great delicacy. 5. extreme sensitivity; precision of action or operation; minute accuracy: the delicacy of a skillful surgeon's touch; a watch mechanism of unusual delicacy. 6. fineness of perception or feeling; sensitiveness: the delicacy of the pianist's playing. 7. fineness of feeling with regard to what is fitting, proper, etc.: Delicacy would not permit her to be rude. 8. sensitivity with regard to the feelings of others: She criticized him with such delicacy that he was not offended. 9. bodily weakness; liability to sickness; frailty. 10. Ling. (esp. in systemic linguistics) the degree of minuteness pursued at a given stage of analysis in specifying distinctions in linguistic description. 11. Obs. sensuous indulgence; luxury. [1325-75; ME delicasie. See DELICATE, -CY] Syn. 5. sensitivity, discrimination; prudence, consideration, circumspection. Ant. 1, 6. coarseness. |
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