delicate
英['delɪkət]
美[ˈdɛlɪkɪt]
- adj. 微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的
英英释意
- 1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury;
- "a delicate violin passage"
- "delicate china"
- "a delicate flavor"
- "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
- 2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique;
- "a surgeon's delicate touch"
- 3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;
- "a kite too delicate to fly safely"
- "fragile porcelain plates"
- "fragile old bones"
- "a frail craft"
- 4. easily hurt;
- "soft hands"
- "a baby's delicate skin"
- 5. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;
- "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
- 6. difficult to handle; requiring great tact;
- "delicate negotiations with the big powers"
- "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
- 7. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely;
- "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"