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
- I'll write dainty stories, odes to virtue.
我会写优美的故事来歌颂道德。 - She's a very dainty little lady.
她是一位非常秀气的娇小女士。 - 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。 - When you run, take good strides and not dainty little steps.
你跑的时候要放开腿跨大步，不要文质彬彬地迈碎米步子。 - A diamond brooch, not large but dainty in design.
一个钻石胸针不大但设计得很精美。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?
这不是国王面前美味的大餐吗？