英语释义

1. something delicious to the taste
a London dainty—a pyramid of jelly
— Virginia Woolf

2. something choice or pleasing

3. fastidiousness

4. tasting good tasty
dainty morsels

5. attractively prepared and served
dainty sandwiches on silver trays

6. marked by delicate or diminutive beauty, form, or grace
dainty teacups took a dainty sip

7. chary, reluctant
… let us not be dainty of leave-taking …
— Shakespeare

8. marked by fastidious discrimination or finicky taste

9. showing avoidance of anything rough
gentry too dainty to risk blisters on their hands
— G. W. Johnson

10. small and pretty

11. done with small and careful movements

12. attractive and served in small amounts

13. a delicious food delicacy

14. tasting good

15. pretty in a delicate way
dainty flowers

16. having or showing delicate or finicky taste
He is a dainty eater.

英汉例句

• nay, sir, 「 i could not avoid answering, 」he'll touch nothing, not he: and i suppose he must have his share of the dainties as well as we.

  「不会的，先生，」我忍不住搭腔了，「他什么也不会碰的，他不会的。而且我猜想他一定和我们一样也有他那份点心。」

• on sunday night , we will prepare buffet dinner, salad bar, cold drinks, juice, hot coffee, punch, and many other dainties for you.

  星期日晚上，我们将为您準备自助晚餐、沙拉吧、冷饮、果汁、热咖啡、鸡尾酒还有多样美食。

• make finger sandwiches, dainties (cookies or squares will do) and have 「tea」 at the table.

  準备手指三明治，？ （饼干），围着餐桌喝「茶」。

• aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.

  阿协尔的食物肥美，将供给君王的佳肴。

• the dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.

  大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。

• until 21st century, with the development of science and technology, people began to deepfreeze the dainties and nutrition so that can supply foods stably.

  至二十一世纪，随着科技进步，人们的食物在得到了稳定的供应的保证后，开始把美味和营养速冻起来。

• at dusk, baochu pagoda bathing in the sunset is so tender and this charming scene and the dainties made the girls mouth water.

  傍晚，夕阳中的保俶塔分外端庄温柔，心醉的美景和美味的食品令女孩们胃口大开。

• tell me, the first time you tasted oysters, tea, porter, truffles, and sundry other dainties which you now adore, did you like them?

  告诉我，当您第一次品尝牡蛎，茶，黑啤酒，松菌，以及其他种种您现在可口知名人士赞为无上美味的东西的时候，您喜欢它们吗？

相似词

bit咬（bite的过去式和过去分词）

delectable美味的；令人愉快的

delicacy美味；佳肴；微妙；精密；精美；敏锐，敏感；世故，圆滑

kickshaw精美的菜肴；华而不实的玩物

treat请客；款待

viand食物；食品

相反词

undemanding要求不高的；容易的；不严格的

unfastidious不爱挑剔的，不过分讲究的，不苛求的