dainty
dainty
(daintier, daintiest)
daintily
adverb
daintiness
noun
语源
(daintier, daintiest)
- delicately small and pretty
小巧可爱的，精致的
a dainty lace handkerchief.
精致的花边手帕。
■(of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement
（人）秀丽玲珑的，优雅的
■(of food) particularly good to eat
（食物）适口的，美味的
a dainty morsel.
一小口美味食品。 - fastidious or difficult to please, typically concerning food
（尤指对食物）挑剔的，难以中意的
a dainty appetite.
挑食。
- (一般作 dainties)something good to eat; a delicacy
美食；佳肴
daintily
adverb
daintiness
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'titbit, (something) pleasing to the palate'): from Old French daintie, deintie 'choice morsel, pleasure', from Latin dignitas 'worthiness or beauty', from dignus 'worthy'
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