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One way to hold it: thin enough that you slow your hands down. A wine glass, a spider's web, an old letter — you pick it up differently from a mug. From that one adjustment English gets several readings: the thing is easily broken, it is finely made, it is light rather than strong on the tongue, and a situation can be handled the same careful way.

可以想成薄到讓你把手放慢的東西：高腳杯、蜘蛛網、一封舊信——拿它的方式跟拿馬克杯完全不同。從這個「放慢的手」，英文長出好幾種讀法：容易壞、做工細、味道淡而不強，還有一種處境也要用同樣小心的手來處理。

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原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

delicateadj/ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/

  • 1

    Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

    • Those clothes are made from delicate lace.
    • The negotiations were very delicate.
  • 2

    Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

    • Her face was delicate.
    • The spider wove a delicate web.
  • 3

    Intended for use with fragile items.

    • Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.
  • 4

    Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.

    • delicate behaviour
    • delicate attentions
  • 5

    Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

    • a delicate child
    • delicate health
  • 6

    informalUnwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.

    • Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
  • 7

    obsoleteAddicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

    • This [Haarlem] is a very delicate towne, and hath one of the fairest Churches, of the Gotiq design, I had seene.
  • 8

    Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

    • a delicate dish
    • delicate flavour
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.

    • Caſ[ſio]. She is a moſt exquiſite Lady. […] Indeede ſhe is a moſt freſh and delicate creature.
  • 10

    Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.

    • a delicate shade of blue
  • 11

    Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

  • 12

    Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.

    • a delicate taste
    • a delicate ear for music
  • 13

    Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

    • a delicate thermometer

delicatenoun/ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/

  • 1

    A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.

    • Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!
  • 2

    obsoleteA choice dainty; a delicacy.

    • With Abstinence all Delicates he Sees, / And can regale himself with Toast and Cheese.
  • 3

    obsoleteA delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

    • A council of war was called, and the delicates met in the great cabin ; the platform was rigged up on the forecastle, the yard-rope rove, and the signal made for all boats to attend execution
    • If Lucullus were not a waster and a delicate given to belly-cheare.
  • 4

    A moth of the species Mythimna vitellina.

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