delicacy 音标拼音: [d'ɛləkəsi] [d'ɛlɪkəsi]
n .
细软,精致,精美的食品,娇气,微妙,棘手,微弱,灵敏,灵巧
细软,精致,精美的食品,娇气,微妙,棘手,微弱,灵敏,灵巧
delicacy n 1 :
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance ;
"
the daintiness of her touch "; "
the fineness of her features " [
synonym : {
daintiness }, {
delicacy }, {
fineness }]
2 :
something considered choice to eat [
synonym : {
dainty },
{
delicacy }, {
goody }, {
kickshaw }, {
treat }]
3 :
refined taste ;
tact [
synonym : {
delicacy }, {
discretion }]
4 :
smallness of stature [
synonym : {
delicacy }, {
slightness }]
5 :
lack of physical strength [
synonym : {
fragility }, {
delicacy }]
6 :
subtly skillful handling of a situation [
synonym : {
delicacy },
{
diplomacy }, {
discreetness }, {
finesse }]
7 :
lightness in movement or manner [
synonym : {
airiness }, {
delicacy }]
Delicacy \
Del "
i *
ca *
cy \,
n .;
pl . {
Delicacies }. [
From {
Delicate },
a .]
1 .
The state or condition of being delicate ;
agreeableness to the senses ;
delightfulness ;
as ,
delicacy of flavor ,
of odor ,
and the like .
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1913 Webster ]
What choice to choose for delicacy best . --
Milton .
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2 .
Nicety or fineness of form ,
texture ,
or constitution ;
softness ;
elegance ;
smoothness ;
tenderness ;
and hence ,
frailty or weakness ;
as ,
the delicacy of a fiber or a thread ;
delicacy of a hand or of the human form ;
delicacy of the skin ;
delicacy of frame .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Nice propriety of manners or conduct ;
susceptibility or tenderness of feeling ;
refinement ;
fastidiousness ;
and hence ,
in an exaggerated sense ,
effeminacy ;
as ,
great delicacy of behavior ;
delicacy in doing a kindness ;
delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action .
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1913 Webster ]
You know your mother '
s delicacy in this point .
--
Cowper .
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4 .
Addiction to pleasure ;
luxury ;
daintiness ;
indulgence ;
luxurious or voluptuous treatment .
[
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And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy ? --
Milton .
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5 .
Nice and refined perception and discrimination ;
critical niceness ;
fastidious accuracy .
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That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England . --
Macaulay .
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6 .
The state of being affected by slight causes ;
sensitiveness ;
as ,
the delicacy of a chemist '
s balance .
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7 .
That which is alluring ,
delicate ,
or refined ;
a luxury or pleasure ;
something pleasant to the senses ,
especially to the sense of taste ;
a dainty ;
as ,
delicacies of the table .
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1913 Webster ]
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies . --
Rev .
xviii .
3 .
[
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8 .
Pleasure ;
gratification ;
delight . [
Obs .]
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He Rome brent for his delicacie . --
Chaucer .
Syn :
See {
Dainty }.
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1913 Webster ]
385 Moby Thesaurus words for "
delicacy ":
absoluteness ,
accommodatingness ,
accuracy ,
acquired taste ,
affectivity ,
agreeableness ,
airiness ,
airy texture ,
allergy ,
ambrosia ,
amiable weakness ,
anaphylaxis ,
appreciation ,
appreciation of differences ,
appreciation of excellence ,
appreciativeness ,
artistic judgment ,
ascent ,
attention to detail ,
attention to fact ,
attentiveness ,
attenuation ,
banquet ,
beauty ,
bonne bouche ,
breakability ,
breakableness ,
brittleness ,
bubbliness ,
buoyancy ,
cachexia ,
cachexy ,
care for truth ,
cate ,
chanciness ,
changeableness ,
choice morsel ,
choiceness ,
chronic ill health ,
circumstantiality ,
civilized taste ,
civilizedness ,
collapse ,
complaisance ,
concern ,
connoisseurship ,
conscientiousness ,
considerateness ,
consideration ,
correctness ,
cosseting ,
crackability ,
crackableness ,
crispness ,
critical niceness ,
criticality ,
criticalness ,
crumbliness ,
crushability ,
crushableness ,
cultivated taste ,
cultivation ,
culture ,
cunningness ,
cuteness ,
daintiness ,
dainty ,
debilitation ,
debility ,
decency ,
decorousness ,
decorum ,
decrepitude ,
delicate distinction ,
delicate health ,
delicateness ,
dessert ,
destructibility ,
detail ,
diaphanousness ,
differentia ,
differential ,
difficulty ,
dilutedness ,
dilution ,
diminutiveness ,
discriminating taste ,
discriminatingness ,
discrimination ,
discriminativeness ,
disintegration ,
distinction ,
doubtfulness ,
down ,
downiness ,
dubiousness ,
easiness ,
effeminacy ,
elegance ,
empathy ,
enervation ,
ethereality ,
exactingness ,
exactitude ,
exactness ,
excellence ,
exhaustion ,
exiguity ,
exiguousness ,
exility ,
exquisiteness ,
faithfulness ,
fastidiousness ,
faultlessness ,
feast ,
featheriness ,
feebleness ,
feel ,
feeling ,
fewness ,
fidelity ,
filminess ,
fine palate ,
fine point ,
fine -
grainedness ,
fineness ,
finesse ,
finicality ,
finicalness ,
finickiness ,
finickingness ,
fissility ,
flawlessness ,
flimsiness ,
floatability ,
flossiness ,
fluff ,
fluffiness ,
foaminess ,
fondness ,
fracturableness ,
fragility ,
frailness ,
frailty ,
frangibility ,
friability ,
frothiness ,
fussiness ,
fuzz ,
fuzziness ,
gauziness ,
gentleness ,
good taste ,
goody ,
gossameriness ,
grace ,
gracefulness ,
gracility ,
graciosity ,
graciousness ,
hairline ,
hazardousness ,
healthlessness ,
heedfulness ,
helpfulness ,
human frailty ,
hyperesthesia ,
hyperpathia ,
hypersensitivity ,
hypochondria ,
hypochondriasis ,
identification ,
ill health ,
impressionability ,
inconsequentiality ,
inconsiderableness ,
indecisiveness ,
indulgence ,
infirmity ,
infirmity of will ,
inherent vice ,
insecurity ,
insignificance ,
insolidity ,
instability ,
insubstantiality ,
insufficiency ,
invalidism ,
invalidity ,
irresolution ,
irritability ,
judiciousness ,
laciness ,
lack of weight ,
languishing ,
languishment ,
leniency ,
levitation ,
levity ,
lightness ,
literalism ,
literality ,
literalness ,
littleness ,
luxury ,
making distinctions ,
manna ,
margin ,
mathematical precision ,
meagerness ,
meanness ,
mellowness ,
meticulousness ,
mindfulness ,
minuteness ,
mistiness ,
moderateness ,
modesty ,
moral weakness ,
morbidezza ,
morbidity ,
morbidness ,
morsel ,
narrow margin ,
nectar ,
nervousness ,
nice distinction ,
niceness ,
niceness of distinction ,
nicety ,
nonresistiveness ,
nonrigidity ,
nuance ,
obligingness ,
oversensibility ,
oversensitiveness ,
overtenderness ,
palate ,
paperiness ,
particle of difference ,
particularity ,
particularness ,
passibility ,
peach fuzz ,
peakedness ,
perceptiveness ,
perceptivity ,
perfection ,
perilousness ,
pettiness ,
photophobia ,
picayunishness ,
plushiness ,
point of difference ,
polish ,
poor health ,
precariousness ,
preciseness ,
precisianism ,
precision ,
prickliness ,
propriety ,
pubescence ,
pudency ,
pudicity ,
pulpiness ,
punctiliousness ,
punctuality ,
puniness ,
quality ,
rarity ,
refined discrimination ,
refined palate ,
refinement ,
regale ,
regard ,
regardfulness ,
responsiveness ,
right ,
rightness ,
rigidity ,
rigidness ,
rigor ,
rigorousness ,
riskiness ,
satin ,
satininess ,
savory ,
scantiness ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
seemliness ,
selectiveness ,
sense ,
sensibility ,
sensitiveness ,
sensitivity ,
sensitization ,
severity ,
shade of difference ,
shakiness ,
shame ,
sickliness ,
silk ,
silkiness ,
sleaziness ,
slenderness ,
slightness ,
slimness ,
slipperiness ,
smallness ,
smoothness ,
softheartedness ,
softness ,
solicitousness ,
solicitude ,
sophistication ,
soreness ,
sponginess ,
strictness ,
subtility ,
subtle distinction ,
subtlety ,
supersensitivity ,
susceptibility ,
sweetmeat ,
sword of Damocles ,
tact ,
tactfulness ,
taste ,
tastefulness ,
tender feeling ,
tenderheartedness ,
tenderness ,
tenuity ,
tetchiness ,
textualism ,
the letter ,
thin skin ,
thinness ,
thought ,
thoughtfulness ,
ticklish business ,
ticklishness ,
tidbit ,
tininess ,
titbit ,
toleration ,
totteriness ,
touchiness ,
treat ,
triviality ,
uncertainty ,
undependability ,
unhealthiness ,
unheaviness ,
unimportance ,
unpredictability ,
unreliability ,
unsafeness ,
unsolidity ,
unsoundness ,
unsteadiness ,
unsubstantiality ,
unsureness ,
untrustworthiness ,
unwholesomeness ,
vagueness ,
valetudinarianism ,
velleity ,
velvet ,
velvetiness ,
volatility ,
vulnerability ,
warm heart ,
warmheartedness ,
wasting ,
wateriness ,
weakliness ,
weakness ,
weightlessness ,
wide margin ,
wispiness ,
womanishness ,
yeastiness
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