finicky
adjective
uk/ˈfɪn.ɪ.ki/us/ˈfɪn.ɪ.ki/disapproving
difficulttoplease:
难讨好的,难取悦的a finickyeater挑食的人
He'sterriblyfinickyabouthisfood.他吃东西十分挑剔。
UK
needinga lot ofattentiontodetail:
需细心的,需注意细节的Repairingwatchesmust be a very finickyjob.修表一定是个很细致的活儿。
Wanting everything to be right
- anally
- anally retentive
- choosy
- cover all the basesidiom
- dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
- fuss
- fussbudget
- fussily
- fussiness
- fusspot
- pedant
- pedantic
- pedantically
- pedantry
- perfectionism
- punctiliously
- punctiliousness
- purism
- purist
- stickler
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