【delicate音标】 英[ˈdelɪkət] 美[ˈdelɪkət]
【单词释义】 delicate是什么意思：
adj.精致的；易碎的；微妙的；熟练的；纤弱的；易损的
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【关联词/派生词】
delicacy n.[U]脆弱；娇嫩；精致；温柔；体贴；[C]美味佳肴
delicious adj.美味的，可口的
delicately adv. 精致地；优美地；微妙地
【delicate形近词/近似词】
replicate vt.复制，复写；重复；自我复制 adj.复制的；复现的 n.复制品
duplicate v.复制；复印；复写；重复 adj. 复制的；副本的 n.复制品；副本
complicate v.使复杂化，使难以理解；引起并发症；使卷入
implicate vt.牵涉，涉及（某人）；表明（或意指）…是起因；暗示
supplicate v. 恳求；祈求；哀求 adv.祈求地，哀求地，恳求地
explicate vt.解释，说明（文章或计划等）
【近义词解析】
◇ 脆弱的,易碎的
delicate (adj. 易坏的，易碎的； [旧]娇弱的)：指具体事物易坏、易碎时常可与 fragile 换用；也可用于指人纤弱、娇气的，但此义现已少用。
flimsy ([专八/GRE]adj. 脆弱的，易坏的)：指物体不结实、容易坏的。
fragile (adj. 脆弱的，易碎的)：除指具体事物易损坏的之外，还常用来形容经济、关系等抽象事物脆弱的。a fragile economy
【单词例句】
◇ Then he said, "Our sister is here," and lifted up the tub. The princess came forth in her royal clothing and with the golden star on her forehead, so beautiful, delicate, and fine.
便雅明说：“我们的妹妹来了！”然后，他提起木桶，公主从里面走出来了。只见她穿着华丽的衣服，额头上有一颗金色的星星，显得非常美丽、温柔、文雅。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Abstract art used to be controversial. On one hand, the artists stopped painting delicate figures but attempted to adopt special techniques to give people different visual impacts. On the other hand, their works, including sculptures carved out of marble or fragile clay, were all with a specific aim of showing feelings.
抽象艺术曾经颇受争议，一方面，抽象艺术家们不再画精致的画像，而是试图采用特别的技巧给人们以不同的视觉冲击；另一方面，他们的作品，包括用大理石和易碎的粘土雕刻出来的雕像，都以表达感情为其明确的目的。
---- Abstract Art
◇ Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.
现在大家就看出来了。她是一位真正的公主，因为压在这二十床垫子和二十床鸭绒被下面的三粒豌豆，她居然还能感觉得出来。除了真正的公主以外，任何人都不会有这么嫩的皮肤的。
---- The Real Princess
◇ There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her little insteps quite red, and that looked so dangerous!
从前有一个小女孩 —— 一个非常可爱的、漂亮的小女孩。不过她夏天得打着一双赤脚走路，因为她很贫穷。冬天她拖着一双沉重的木鞋，脚背都给磨红了，这是很不好受的。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread; put both into their own knapsacks; and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms until late at night.
他们接二连三地请求皇帝发一些最好的生丝和金子给他们。他们把这些东西都装进自己的腰包，却假装在那两架空空的织机上忙碌地工作，一直忙到深夜。
◇ Jasmine's surgery was able to treat her infection, but she was left with permanent hearing loss. "I now try to warn everyone of the dangers of misusing cotton buds," she said. "Our ears are such delicate and sensitive parts of our body and need to be treated with care."
手术治好了茉莉的感染，但她的听力损失却不可逆转。她说：“现在，我想要警告所有人注意误用棉签的危险。我们的耳朵非常脆弱敏感，需要小心护理。”
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ Knitwear in particular is very delicate and should either be folded and stored safely in a drawer, or folded and hung over the pants bar of a good quality wooden or plastic hanger.
针织衫尤其难存放，应该叠好并且妥善地放在抽屉里，或者叠好挂在优质的木质或塑料裤架上。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
直到近19世纪末，发明家们才成功地找到有效率的冰箱所需要的精确的隔热和循环的精确平衡。