词汇 | finicky |
释义 | finickyWord family nounfinicalityfinicalnessadverbfinicallyadjectivefinicalfinicketyfinicky fin·i·cky /ˈfɪnɪki/ adjectiveadj 1 CAREFULtoo concerned with unimportant details and small things that you like or dislike 过分讲究的,爱挑剔的 SYN fussy She’s very finicky about what she eats. 她吃东西非常讲究。 2 CAREFULneeding to be done very carefully, while paying attention to small details 需要细心做的,细致的 SYN fiddly a finicky job 细致活 Examples from the Corpus finicky• He thought Blanche was being too finicky.• He is slightly finicky and a little superstitious.• I get really finicky and picky.• Tonya was a finicky eater when she was little.• Then, perhaps, the finicky felines will deign to dip their tongues into the clean water you offer them.• It is a monumental task, performed through thousands upon thousands of finicky observations and measurements. (1500-1600) finical “finicky” ((16-20 centuries)), probably from → FINE1 |
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