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
1. dainty feet
  娇小可爱的脚
2. a dainty porcelain cup
  小巧玲珑的瓷杯
文雅的；优雅的；高雅的
careful, often in a way that suggests good manners
1. She took a dainty little bite of the apple.
  她文雅地咬了一小口苹果。

noun

adj

delicately beautiful
1. a dainty teacup
2. an exquisite cameo
Synonym:exquisite
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Synonym:niceoverniceprissysqueamish
affectedly dainty or refined
Synonym:mincingniminy-piminyprimtwee
especially pleasing to the taste
1. a dainty dish to set before a kind

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。
The Benefit: These dainty leaves are highly concentrated with luteolin, a powerful flavonoid with anti-inflammatory properties.
好处：这些精致的叶子富含木犀草素（强大的类黄酮具有抗发炎的特性）。
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？
The girls were dainty and feminine.
这些女孩子娇美温柔。
The baby's bonnet had dainty embroidery.
那婴儿的帽子饰有精美的刺绣。
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。
All these elegant embroideries are creations of her dainty and dexterous hands.
这些精美的绣品都出自她那纤巧的双手。
She is a dainty little girl.
这姑娘长得娇小玲珑。
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。