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单词 fastidious
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fas•tid•i•ous /fæˈstɪdiəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. overly particular, critical, or demanding;
    hard to please:a fastidious eater.
  2. requiring or having excessive care or delicacy:fastidious attention to detail.
fas•tid•i•ous•ly, adv. 
fas•tid•i•ous•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fas•tid•i•ous  (fa stidē əs, fə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding;
    hard to please:a fastidious eater.
  2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy;
    painstaking.
  • Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent. to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perh. by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
fas•tidi•ous•ly, adv. 
fas•tidi•ous•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See particular. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fastidious /fæˈstɪdɪəs/ adj
  1. very critical; hard to please
  2. excessively particular about details
  3. exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin fastīdiōsus scornful, from fastīdium loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness

fasˈtidiously adv fasˈtidiousness n
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