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单词 delicate
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Delicate
adjadj.allexquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
Attributes:strength
Examples:
  • a delicate violin passage
  • delicate china
  • a delicate flavor
  • the delicate wing of a butterfly
Antonyms:rugged
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:dainty exquisite ethereal gossamer fragile light-handed overdelicate pastel tender
See also:breakable frail weak
adj satadj.allmarked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
Examples:
  • a surgeon's delicate touch
Antonyms:unskilled
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:skilled
adj satadj.alleasily broken or damaged or destroyed
Synset:fragile frail
Examples:
  • a kite too delicate to fly safely
  • fragile porcelain plates
  • fragile old bones
  • a frail craft
Antonyms:unbreakable
Derivationally Related Form:fragility
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:breakable
adj satadj.alleasily hurt
Synset:soft
Examples:
  • soft hands
  • a baby's delicate skin
Antonyms:tough
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:tender untoughened
adj satadj.alldeveloped with extreme delicacy and subtlety
Synset:finespun
Examples:
  • the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
Antonyms:unrefined
Inherited Hypernyms:finespun
Similar to:refined
adj satadj.alldifficult to handle; requiring great tact
Synset:ticklish touchy
Examples:
  • delicate negotiations with the big powers
  • hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter
  • a touchy subject
Antonyms:easy
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:difficult hard
adj satadj.allof an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
Examples:
  • almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments
Antonyms:insensitive
Inherited Hypernyms:delicate
Similar to:sensitive
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