delicacy
delicacy 英 [ˈdelɪkəsi] 美 [ˈdɛlɪkəsi]
n. 美味；佳肴；微妙；精密；精美；敏锐，敏感；世故，圆滑
名词复数:delicacies
- A ballerina's quick, perfect steps? An antique porcelain teacup? A tiny sentence etched inside a silver locket? All of these have delicacy, or fineness that comes from being light, beautiful, or small.
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- n. 美味；佳肴；微妙；精密；精美；敏锐，敏感；世故，圆滑
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1. A pheasant is a delicacy we seldom can enjoy.
野鸡是我们很少能品尝到的美味。
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2. And this is line 679: Why should you be so cruel to yourself, And to those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy?
在第679行：，你为什么要对自己那么残忍，对于大自然赋予我们的四肢,只文雅的使用和温和的对待佳肴？
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3. Try to figure this out: can a mother who feeds her baby with milk be accused of being “exploiter and butcher” or is your father who cooks a dish of delicacy is justified to be a “murderer”?
试想，当母亲们用牛奶哺育婴儿的时候，有人会指责她们是“剥削者”和“屠夫”吗？ 当你的父亲为你亲手烹制一盘佳肴的时候，你会痛斥你的父亲是“凶手”吗？
- delicacy (n.) late 14c., "delightfulness; fastidiousness; quality of being addicted to sensuous pleasure," from delicate + abstract noun suffix -cy. Meaning "fineness, softness, tender loveliness" is from 1580s; that of "weakness of constitution" is from 1630s. Meaning "fine food, a dainty viand" is from early 15c.
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