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
- 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。 - We were given tea, and some dainty little cakes.
向我们供应了茶和一些精美的小蛋糕。 - My mom says my hands are very dainty.
我妈妈说我的手很娇小。 - I'll write dainty stories, odes to virtue.
我会写优美的故事来歌颂道德。 - She seemed to have so many dainty little things which Carrie had not.
看来她有很多精致的小玩意儿,嘉莉却没有。 - The Benefit: These dainty leaves are highly concentrated with luteolin, a powerful flavonoid with anti-inflammatory properties.
好处:这些精致的叶子富含木犀草素(强大的类黄酮具有抗发炎的特性)。 - Dainty porcelain, lace, etc.
小巧精致的瓷器、花边等。 - Guangdong cuisine takes fine and rare ingredients and is cooked with fished skills and in a dainty style.
粤菜采用了精美、珍稀的配料,而且采用了精致、爽口的烹调技巧。 - A diamond brooch, not large but dainty in design.
一个钻石胸针不大但设计得很精美。 - 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。 
