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

pernickety

/pəˈnɪkɪti

adjective British informal

1Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: she’s very pernickety about her food...

This is especially important for veggie or fussy diners who are pernickety about kitchen hygiene or the authenticity of their dishes.
At last, those of us who are pernickety about our food can come out of the closet.
This is partly due to the demands of an increasingly pernickety international audience ‘who get easily bored.’

Synonyms

fussy, difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical;

Scottish & Irish pass-remarkable

informal nitpicking, choosy, picky

British informal faddy

North American informal persnickety

archaic nice, overnice

1.1Requiring a particularly precise or careful approach: the system does not encourage additional enquiries on detailed and pernickety points...

He assessed his questions with pernickety deliberation before replying.

Origin

Early 19th century (originally Scots): of unknown origin.

单词	pernickety
释义	pernickety /pəˈnɪkɪti / adjective British informal 1Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: she’s very pernickety about her food... This is especially important for veggie or fussy diners who are pernickety about kitchen hygiene or the authenticity of their dishes. At last, those of us who are pernickety about our food can come out of the closet. This is partly due to the demands of an increasingly pernickety international audience ‘who get easily bored.’ Synonyms fussy, difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical; Scottish & Irish pass-remarkable informal nitpicking, choosy, picky British informal faddy North American informal persnickety archaic nice, overnice 1.1Requiring a particularly precise or careful approach: the system does not encourage additional enquiries on detailed and pernickety points... He assessed his questions with pernickety deliberation before replying. Origin Early 19th century (originally Scots): of unknown origin. Rhymes rickety
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