dainty
英 [ˈdeɪnti]
美 [ˈdeɪnti]
adj. 娇小的; 娇美的; 精致的; 小巧的; 文雅的; 优雅的; 高雅的
复数:dainties 最高级:daintiest 比较级:daintier
Collins.1 / BNC.15385 / COCA.16762
牛津词典
adj.
- 娇小的;娇美的;精致的;小巧的
small and delicate in a way that people find attractive- dainty feet
娇小可爱的脚 - a dainty porcelain cup
小巧玲珑的瓷杯
- dainty feet
- 文雅的;优雅的;高雅的
careful, often in a way that suggests good manners- She took a dainty little bite of the apple.
她文雅地咬了一小口苹果。
- She took a dainty little bite of the apple.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (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 asdainty, 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
- The girls were dainty and feminine.
英英释义
noun
adj
- delicately beautiful
- a dainty teacup
- an exquisite cameo
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
- affectedly dainty or refined
- especially pleasing to the taste
- a dainty dish to set before a kind
双语例句
- The baby's bonnet had dainty embroidery.
那婴儿的帽子饰有精美的刺绣。 - I look wistfully at the silver cake-stands being delivered to the other tables, each tier promising tuille biscuits, dainty cakes and finger sandwiches.
我渴望地望着银色的糕点车,它们正被推向其它餐桌,车上每一层都装满松脆的饼干、美味的蛋糕和手指三明治。 - She is a dainty girl.
她是个秀丽的姑娘。 - Dainty and costly dress is second nature to her.
喜爱精致昂贵的衣服是她的第二天性。 - All these elegant embroideries are creations of her dainty and dexterous hands.
这些精美的绣品都出自她那纤巧的双手。 - She's dainty about her food.
她对于饮食甚为讲究。 - She was very dainty but Daisy suckley was plain and looked like an old-fashioned school teacher.
她非常讲究服饰打扮,戴丝萨克则朴素无华,看上去象个旧式学校的老师。 - The girls were dainty and feminine.
这些女孩子娇美温柔。 - But you've got dainty hands.
你的手可真娇小。 - "To-morrow you shall have some dainty little green silk boots!" said the father.
“明天你们就有闪缎靴子穿!”那父亲说。