| 释义 |
delicate /delˈi-kit/ adjective- Gently pleasing to the senses, esp the taste
- Not strong
- Dainty
- Discriminating or perceptive
- Fastidious
- Of a fine, slight texture or constitution
- Tender
- Not robust (esp in health)
- (of a colour) pale
- Requiring careful handling (lit and figurative)
- Refined in manners
- Not immodest
- Gentle, polite
- Luxurious
noun- A luxurious or fastidious person (obsolete)
- A luxury (obsolete)
- A delicacy (archaic)
ORIGIN: L dēlicātus, prob connected with dēliciae allurements, luxury, from dēlicere, from dē (intensive) and lacere to entice delˈicacy /-kə-si/ noun - The state or quality of being delicate
- Refinement
- Nicety
- Tenderness, weakness (esp of health)
- Luxuriousness
- Anything delicate or dainty, esp to eat
- A special culinary luxury
delˈicately adverb delˈicateness noun |