dainty

英 [ˈdeɪnti]

美 [ˈdeɪnti]

adj.  娇小的; 娇美的; 精致的; 小巧的; 文雅的; 优雅的; 高雅的

复数：dainties　最高级：daintiest　比较级：daintier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15385 / COCA.16762

牛津词典

adj.

• 娇小的；娇美的；精致的；小巧的
  small and delicate in a way that people find attractive
  1. dainty feet
     娇小可爱的脚
  2. a dainty porcelain cup
     小巧玲珑的瓷杯
• 文雅的；优雅的；高雅的
  careful, often in a way that suggests good manners
  1. She took a dainty little bite of the apple.
     她文雅地咬了一小口苹果。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （动作）文雅的;（人）娇小的，秀丽的;（物）小巧的，精致的
  If you describe a movement, person, or object asdainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
  1. The girls were dainty and feminine.
     这些女孩子娇美温柔。
  2. ...dainty pink flowers.
     娇艳的粉色花朵

英英释义

noun

• something considered choice to eat
  Synonym:delicacygoodykickshawtreat

adj

• delicately beautiful
  1. a dainty teacup
  2. an exquisite cameo
  Synonym:exquisite
• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  Synonym:niceoverniceprissysqueamish
• affectedly dainty or refined
  Synonym:mincingniminy-piminyprimtwee
• especially pleasing to the taste
  1. a dainty dish to set before a kind

双语例句

• Dainty and costly dress is second nature to her.
  喜爱精致昂贵的衣服是她的第二天性。
• She's a very dainty little lady.
  她是一位非常秀气的娇小女士。
• She was very dainty but Daisy suckley was plain and looked like an old-fashioned school teacher.
  她非常讲究服饰打扮，戴丝萨克则朴素无华，看上去象个旧式学校的老师。
• I look wistfully at the silver cake-stands being delivered to the other tables, each tier promising tuille biscuits, dainty cakes and finger sandwiches.
  我渴望地望着银色的糕点车，它们正被推向其它餐桌，车上每一层都装满松脆的饼干、美味的蛋糕和手指三明治。
• A dainty teacup; an exquisite cameo; fine china and crystal.
  雅致的茶杯；精致的浮雕宝石；精致的瓷器和水晶。
• After a dainty egg and fish dinner, Tom said he wanted to learn to smoke, now.
  他们吃完一顿美味的龟蛋和鲜鱼之后，汤姆说他要学抽烟。
• It consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches ( thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off are a classic), freshly baked scones served with cream and fruit jam, cakes and pastries.
  餐点包括精致的三明治（去边面包制成的薄片黄瓜三明治则是经典之选）、新鲜出炉的英式松饼配上奶油和果酱，还有蛋糕和其他甜点。
• We were given tea, and some dainty little cakes.
  向我们供应了茶和一些精美的小蛋糕。
• She's dainty about her food.
  她对于饮食甚为讲究。
• It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework
  它的亮点是一段独舞，一名身穿短罩衫的女子以哑剧形式优雅地表演了许多做家务的动作。