delicate
US: /ˈdɛɫəkət/
UK: /dˈɛlɪkət/
UK: /dˈɛlɪkət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
delicate /'delikit/
- tính từ
- thanh nhã, thanh tú, thánh thú
- delicate features: nét mặt thanh tú
- mỏng manh, mảnh khảnh, mảnh dẻ; dễ vỡ (đồ thuỷ tinh...)
- delicate health: sức khoẻ mỏng manh
- delicate china-ware: đồ sứ dễ vỡ
- tinh vi, tinh xảo, tinh tế; khéo léo, nhẹ nhàng; mềm mại
- a delicate hand: bàn tay mềm mại
- a very delicate operation: (y học) một ca mổ rất tinh vi
- to give a delicate him: gợi ý khéo, nhắc khéo
- tế nhị, khó xử
- a delicate subject: vấn đề tế nhị
- a delicate stituation: hoàn cảnh khó xử
- lịch thiệp, khéo (trong cách đối xử), nhã nhặn, tế nhị, ý tứ
- nhẹ, nhạt, phơn phớt (màu)
- a delicate colour: màu phơn phớt
- nhạy cảm, thính, nhạy
- a delicate ear: tai thính
- a delicate balance: cân nhạy
- ngon; thanh cảnh
- delicate food: món ăn thanh cảnh
- nâng niu chiều chuộng, cảnh vẻ, yểu điệu, ẻo lả mềm yếu
- delicate living: lối sống cảnh vẻ
- delicate upbringing: cách dạy dỗ nâng niu chiều chuộng
- (thơ ca) vui sướng, vui thích, khoái trí
- thanh nhã, thanh tú, thánh thú
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 easily damaged or broken
Synonym: FRAGILE
delicate china teacups + The eye is one of the most delicate organs of the body. + the delicate ecological balance of the rainforest + Babies have very delicate skin. + a cool wash cycle for delicate fabrics
2 (of a person) not strong and easily becoming ill: a delicate child / constitution + His health had always been delicate.
3 small and having a beautiful shape or appearance: his delicate hands + Women were treated like delicate flowers needing special treatment.
4 made or formed in a very careful and detailed way: the delicate mechanisms of a clock
5 showing or needing skilful, careful or sensitive treatment: I admired your delicate handling of the situation. + a delicate problem + The delicate surgical operation took five hours.
6 (of colours, flavours and smells) light and pleasant; not strong: a delicate fragrance / flavour + a river scene painted in delicate watercolours
delicately adverb: He stepped delicately over the broken glass. + delicately balanced flavours
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 fragile, breakable, frail, tender, frangible, dainty; perishable, flimsy:
This filament is extremely delicate, so be careful.
2 fine, exquisite, dainty, graceful, elegant, subtle:
A delicate border of lace sets off the collar.
3 feeble, weak, sickly, frail, debilitated, weakened, enfeebled, unhealthy:
Her condition is too delicate for her to be moved.
4 critical, ticklish, sensitive, dangerous, tricky, precarious, touchy, Slang hairy; Colloq sticky:
Rescuing the survivors of the avalanche was a delicate operation.
5 dainty, squeamish, queasy, fastidious, prudish, Victorian, finicky, finical, refined, discriminating, discerning, sensitive, puristic, proper, coy, modest, demure:
In those days ladies were thought to be too delicate to mention such matters.
6 gradual, subtle, nice, precise, muted, soft, faint, subdued:
The delicate shading at the horizon is characteristic of this artist.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, feel, look
The glasses looked very delicate. Her bones felt as delicate as a bird's.
| become
ADV.
extremely, very | quite, rather, somewhat
a rather delicate child This is a somewhat delicate subject.
| surprisingly
He had a surprisingly delicate touch.
| politically
a politically delicate situation
Concise English dictionary
'delɪkət
adj.
+exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
+marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
+easily broken or damaged or destroyed
+easily hurt
+developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
+difficult to handle; requiring great tact
+of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
