| 词汇 | dainty |
| 释义 | dainty adjective uk /ˈdeɪn.ti/ us /ˈdeɪn.t̬i/ small, delicate, and often moving in a careful way: 小巧玲珑的，娇小的，小巧精美的 She was a small, dainty child, unlike her sister who was large and had big feet.她是个身材小巧的孩子，不像她姐姐那样高大，而且还长着一双大脚。 The chicken salad was served in dainty pastry shells.鸡肉色拉盛放在精致的面饼壳里。 Compare tweemainly UKinformaldisapproving not great in size, amount, etc. smallI live in a small town. littleShe's a good little girl. a littleI just want a little ice cream. a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake. tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots. Attractive adorable adorably adorbs aesthetic aesthetically disarming disarmingly distinguished dreamy drop-dead gorgeous lovably loveliness lovely lusciously magnetically stunning stunningly suave suavely suit Related worddaintiness dainty | American Dictionarydainty adjective us/ˈdeɪn·ti/ small and attractive in a delicate way: a dainty wrist/hand dainty flowers Examples of daintydainty Nineteenth-century critics prescribe dainty strategies to represent the body in extremis, as if suspecting something of the dangers of looking upon it. For all its dainty appearance, however, the program makes brutal demands on the reduction machine. About the dainty lines of the cheek the bat flits unheeded. Her feet, if they are visible at all, are dainty and point downward (fig. 5). This family of curves graphs islands of complexity comprising systems per se - whether massive stars, dainty flowers or urban centres - not their vastly, indeed increasingly, disorganized surroundings. All kinds—from the plain butcher's shirt to the daintiest of frilled shirts, which any dainty popinjay may put upon him at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was fairly mild in the first stage, if annoying to women wearing dainty dresses to be sprayed with tomato ketchup. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, dainty sympathies are of no earthly use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not aware that they are delectable dainties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In one case we have soup, which is not rationed, against these dainties which are either on points or of rationed material. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whereas my grandfather would eat a whole leg, nowadays what is wanted is a dainty little joint for the wenches of today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dainty sympathies are of no avail in this connection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It sounds like a dainty eater. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One cannot have anything dainty or flexible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The former dainty has become the present danger as a result of pollution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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