Delicate

(adj.) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; 'a delicate violin passage'; 'delicate china'; 'a delicate flavor'; 'the delicate wing of a butterfly' .

(adj.) easily broken or damaged or destroyed; 'a kite too delicate to fly safely'; 'fragile porcelain plates'; 'fragile old bones'; 'a frail craft' .

(adj.) difficult to handle; requiring great tact; 'delicate negotiations with the big powers';'hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter'; 'a touchy subject' .

(adj.) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; 'almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments' .

(adj.) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; 'a surgeon's delicate touch' .

(adj.) easily hurt; 'soft hands'; 'a baby's delicate skin' .

录入:罗兰

• It was new and oh, so delicate in its luminous wonder and fear. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Have you no eyes, that you don't see how delicate and slender she is? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That's Bentley Drummle, I replied; the one with the delicate face is Startop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I am too fine for them--too delicate. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• There never was a more delicate man than Dodson, ma'am, or a more humane man than Fogg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Hermione lifted it down with delicate slowness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Allow me to offer you these violets, presenting a small bouquet between his delicate finger and thumb. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The books are extant to this day, with the fair delicate superscription. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Her delicate organization and creative imagination rendered her peculiarly susceptible of pleasurable emotion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• You are a beauty in my eyes, and a beauty just after the desire of my heart,--delicate and aerial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A very delicate blade devised for very delicate work. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The massive but delicate coining presses coin from 80 to 100 pieces a minute. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Kitty is slight and delicate; and Mary studies so much, that her hours of repose should not be broken in on. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• From the delicate hair spring of a watch to the massive armor plate of a battleship, it finds endless applications, and is nature’s most enduring gift to man--abundant, cheap, and lasting. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He was a most artistic and delicate writer, and Socrates could write nothing consecutive. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She would like advice, but is not sure that the matter is not too delicate for communication. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Felix was too delicate to accept this offer; yet he looked forward to the probability of that event as to the consummation of his happiness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He laughed more, as he kissed her delicate, finely perfumed hair. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She constantly evinced these nice perceptions and delicate instincts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But he was afraid to say it, or anything else that might disturb the delicate balance of her trust in him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Not making the least account of the one with the delicate face, he returned, Bentley Drummle is his name, is it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• So, gentlemen, said he, you have attained your end and have certainly chosen a particularly delicate moment for your intrusion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• May I ask you a delicate question? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• In practice, and for measurements of a very delicate nature, the tasimeter is inserted in one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, as shown at A in the diagram (Fig. 2). 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A fine rose, not deep but delicate, opens on her cheek. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The ends of the balance staff are made very small so as to form very delicate pivots which turn in jewel bearings. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• That black-coated tyrant's niece--that quiet, delicate Miss Helstone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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