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单词 dainty
释义
dainty
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.ti/us
/ˈdeɪn.t̬i/
small,delicate, and oftenmovingin acarefulway:
小巧玲珑的，娇小的，小巧精美的
She was asmall, daintychild,unlikehersisterwho waslargeand hadbigfeet.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。
Thechickensaladwasservedin daintypastryshells.鸡肉色拉盛放在精致的面饼壳里。
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tweemainlyUKinformaldisapproving
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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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attractive
  • adorable
  • adorbs
  • aesthetic
  • aesthetically
  • alluring
  • dreamy
  • easy
  • elegant
  • elegantly
  • enchanting
  • majestic
  • melting
  • mesmerizing
  • nice-looking
  • noble
  • telegenic
  • tempting
  • to die foridiom
  • turn out
  • twee
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daintiness
(Definition ofdaintyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dainty| American Dictionary

dainty
adjective
us
/ˈdeɪn·ti/
smallandattractivein adelicateway:
a daintywrist/hand
daintyflowers
(Definition ofdaintyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdainty

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Nineteenth-century critics prescribedaintystrategies to represent the body in extremis, as if suspecting something of the dangers of looking upon it.
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For all itsdaintyappearance, however, the program makes brutal demands on the reduction machine.
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About thedaintylines of the cheek the bat flits unheeded.
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Her feet, if they are visible at all, aredaintyand point downward (fig. 5).
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This family of curves graphs islands of complexity comprising systems per se - whether massive stars,daintyflowers or urban centres - not their vastly, indeed increasingly, disorganized surroundings.
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All kinds—from the plain butcher's shirt to the daintiest of frilled shirts, which anydaintypopinjay may put upon him at night.
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It was fairly mild in the first stage, if annoying to women wearingdaintydresses to be sprayed with tomato ketchup.
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However,daintysympathies are of no earthly use.
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I am not aware that they are delectable dainties.
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In one case we have soup, which is not rationed, against these dainties which are either on points or of rationed material.
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Whereas my grandfather would eat a whole leg, nowadays what is wanted is adaintylittle joint for the wenches of today.
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Daintysympathies are of no avail in this connection.
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It sounds like adaintyeater.
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One cannot have anythingdaintyor flexible.
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The formerdaintyhas become the present danger as a result of pollution.
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