Noun:
something considered choice to eat
Adjective:
affectedly dainty or refineddelicately beautiful;a dainty teacup
an exquisite cameo
especially pleasing to the taste;a dainty dish to set before a kind
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
a dainty bit少量可口的食物…
近义词 nice好的small小的treat对待cute可爱的neat整洁的fresh新鲜的frail脆弱的pretty相当地delicacy柔弱fragile易碎的elegant优雅的refined精炼的mincing矫饰的delicate微妙的valuable贵重的flimsy轻而薄得graceful优雅的deft敏捷熟练的prim规规矩矩的recherche精选的fussy过分装饰的aesthetic美学的gossamer小蜘蛛网kickshaw精美菜肴prissy谨小慎微的epicurean好享乐的breakable易破碎的squeamish易恶心的overnice太过讲究的exquisite精挑细选的petite女子娇小的…niminy-piminy矫柔造作的twee矫揉造作的…goody想要的东西反义词 vulgar通俗的coarse粗糙的unsavory没味的tasteless无味的distasteful味道差的unpalatable不可口的
形容词57%,名词43%
用作形容词She collected somedaintyporcelain.她收集一些轻巧精致的瓷器。
The little girl wore adaintydress.小姑娘穿着一件漂亮的连衣裙。
The gentleman really is asdaintyas a woman.先生真是娇嫩得象女人一样。
Mr Su is adaintyeater.苏先生是讲究饮食的人。
At a late hourdaintyrefreshments were served.最后并有精美茶点招待。用作名词There weredaintiesof every kind on the table.桌子上放着各式各样的精美食品。