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    A choosy person will not take just anything. They wait for what they really like, or what they think is good enough. It can be about food, friends, clothes, jobs.

    A choosy personchoosy 的人 will not take just anything不會什麼都隨便接受 They wait for what they really like他們會等真正喜歡的東西 or what they think is good enough或是他們覺得夠好的東西出現 It can be about food, friends, clothes, jobs可以用在食物、朋友、衣服、工作上。

    It is not always a compliment and not always a complaint: it can mean careful taste, or it can mean hard to please. Informal.

    It is not always a compliment and not always a complaint這個字不一定是稱讚,也不一定是抱怨 it can mean careful taste可以指品味講究 or it can mean hard to please也可以指難討好 Informal是口語用詞。

    British English often prefers or ; choosy is widely understood, and a little old-fashioned in some mouths. Though actually, it is simply choose with a -y stuck on: “full of choosing”.

    British English often prefers picky or fussy英式英文比較常用 picky 或 fussy choosy is widely understoodchoosy 大家都聽得懂 and a little old-fashioned in some mouths但在某些人口中聽起來有點老派 Though actually不過實際上 it is simply choose with a -y stuck on這個字就是 choose 加上 -y "full of choosing"意思是「充滿了挑選」。

    About food, English may say choosy or ; in Taiwan that food sense often maps to 挑食, while choosy about other things is 很挑 / 挑剔.

    About food講到食物 English may say choosy or picky英文可能會說 choosy 或 picky in Taiwan that food sense often maps to 挑食在台灣,食物那個意思常常對應到「挑食」 while choosy about other things is 很挑 / 挑剔而其他方面的 choosy 則是「很挑」或「挑剔」。

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組成choose + -y (“having that quality”).

同家族的字

  • choosethe verb this adjective is built from
  • choicethe related noun: what you choose

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

choosyadj/ˈt͡ʃuːzi/

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    Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.

    • Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.
    • Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。