| 单词 | fine |
| 释义 | fine (once / 25 pages) 1adjadv 2nv 3adv A fine is a fee you pay when you break the rules, as in not turning in library materials on time, resulting in a fine. As an adjective, fine means "high quality" or "unblemished" like fine china. If you read music, you know that fine is a spot where the music finishes. Wine, food or porcelain that is exceptionally delicious, well-made, or beautiful is called fine. Fine also means that things are okay or acceptable, like when someone asks how you are and you reply, “I'm fine.” When you are caught doing something wrong, paying a fine, money paid as a penalty, may result. WORD FAMILYfine: fineable, fined, finely, fineness, finer, finery, fines, finest, fining+/fineness: finenesses/finery: fineries USAGE EXAMPLESSomeone convicted of killing a turtle faces a maximum fine of about $240 and up to three months in jail. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The weather reporters, he added, didn’t seem that interested in the finer points of the science. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Erickson, now a paleontologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee, noticed more than 900 fine lines resembling tree rings on the tooth. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity gold 21 carats fine Syn pure free of extraneous elements of any kind 2adj characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment fine wine looking fine in her Easter suit a fine gentleman fine china and crystal a fine violinist the fine hand of a master Syn elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style 3adj of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles wood with a fine grain fine powdery snow fine rain batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave covered with a fine film of dust Syn|Ant close, tight of textiles close-grained, fine-graineddense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells dustlikeas fine and powdery as dust flouryresembling flour in fine powdery texture nongranularnot having granules fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grainedconsisting of fine particles smallhave fine or very small constituent particles superfineof extremely fine size or texture smoothhaving a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities coarse, harsh of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles coarse-grained, large-grainednot having a fine texture coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealycomposed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency granulatedmade grainy or formed into granules plush-like, plushy(of textures) resembling plush loose, open(of textures) full of small openings or gaps rough, unsmoothhaving or caused by an irregular surface 4adj thin in thickness or diameter a fine film of oil fine hairs read the fine print Syn thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section 5adj minutely precise especially in differences in meaning a fine distinction Syn precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited 6adj being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition everything's fine dinner and the movies had been fine another minute I'd have been fine Syn all right, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay satisfactory giving satisfaction 7adv in a delicate manner 2her fine drawn body Syn delicately, exquisitely, finely 1n money extracted as a penalty Syn|Hypo|Hyper amercement, mulct library fine fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned penalty a payment required for not fulfilling a contract 2v issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty 3I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street Syn|Hypo|Hyper ticket amerce punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court book record a charge in a police register adv an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence Syn OK, all right, alright, very well |
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