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dainty adj.小巧精致的；优美的；讲究的；可口的n.适口的食物 (1) 她收集一些轻巧精致的瓷器。(2) 小姑娘穿着一件漂亮的连衣裙。(3) 苏先生是讲究饮食的人。(4) 最后并有精美茶点招待。(5) 桌子上放着各式各样的精美食品。 The original meaning of dainty, back in the 1300s, was "choice morsel of food," and it's still used that way to talk about a delicacy or a treat. More often, dainty is used as an adjective to describe something that's delicate and lovely. It's a compliment, unless it's used sarcastically to mean "someone who acts ridiculously prissy." An example would be to say, "Sorry I hurt you when I barely brushed against you. I didn't realize you were so dainty."

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英 ['deɪnti] 美 ['deɪnti] (1) She collected some dainty porcelain.(2) The little girl wore a dainty dress.(3) Mr Su is a dainty eater.(4) At a late hour dainty refreshments were served.(5) There were dainties of every kind on the table. Dainty means tiny, delicate, and lovely, so you could describe a little china tea set as dainty, and you could also call the tiny cakes on the little plates dainty. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（动作）文雅的；（人）娇小的，秀丽的；（物）小巧的，精致的 If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. The girls were dainty and feminine.这些女孩子娇美温柔。...dainty pink flowers.娇艳的粉色花朵daintilyShe walked daintily down the steps.她优雅地走下台阶。

英语单词	dainty
英美音标	英 ['deɪnti] 美 ['deɪnti]
中文释义	adj.小巧精致的；优美的；讲究的；可口的 n.适口的食物
英语例句	(1) She collected some dainty porcelain. (2) The little girl wore a dainty dress. (3) Mr Su is a dainty eater. (4) At a late hour dainty refreshments were served. (5) There were dainties of every kind on the table.
中文例句	(1) 她收集一些轻巧精致的瓷器。 (2) 小姑娘穿着一件漂亮的连衣裙。 (3) 苏先生是讲究饮食的人。 (4) 最后并有精美茶点招待。 (5) 桌子上放着各式各样的精美食品。
vocabulary简明	Dainty means tiny, delicate, and lovely, so you could describe a little china tea set as dainty, and you could also call the tiny cakes on the little plates dainty.
vocabulary扩展	The original meaning of dainty, back in the 1300s, was "choice morsel of food," and it's still used that way to talk about a delicacy or a treat. More often, dainty is used as an adjective to describe something that's delicate and lovely. It's a compliment, unless it's used sarcastically to mean "someone who acts ridiculously prissy." An example would be to say, "Sorry I hurt you when I barely brushed against you. I didn't realize you were so dainty."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（动作）文雅的；（人）娇小的，秀丽的；（物）小巧的，精致的 If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. The girls were dainty and feminine. 这些女孩子娇美温柔。 ...dainty pink flowers. 娇艳的粉色花朵 daintily She walked daintily down the steps. 她优雅地走下台阶。

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