細緻的做工與外形
同樣是「細」，但這次看的是好的一面：因為線條細、細節多，所以顯得精緻、好看。
finely made · adjective · B2
made with great skill and careful attention to very small details.
精巧；精細
核心畫面
One way to hold it: thin enough that you slow your hands down. A wine glass, a spider's web, an old letter — you pick it up differently from a mug. From that one adjustment English gets several readings: the thing is easily broken, it is finely made, it is light rather than strong on the tongue, and a situation can be handled the same careful way.
可以想成薄到讓你把手放慢的東西：高腳杯、蜘蛛網、一封舊信——拿它的方式跟拿馬克杯完全不同。從這個「放慢的手」，英文長…更多收起
可以想成薄到讓你把手放慢的東西：高腳杯、蜘蛛網、一封舊信——拿它的方式跟拿馬克杯完全不同。從這個「放慢的手」，英文長出好幾種讀法：容易壞、做工細、味道淡而不強，還有一種處境也要用同樣小心的手來處理。From the picture
淡而不強烈
把「細」搬到感官上：味道、香氣、顏色都很輕，得靜下來才嚐得到、看得出。
delicate taste or smell · adjective · B1
pleasant and not strong, when used about a taste, smell, or colour.
清淡；淡雅
要小心處理的處境
把那雙放慢的手用在事情上：話講重一點、動作快一點就會出事，所以得慢慢來。
sensitive situation · adjective · B2
needing to be handled carefully or kindly, so people do not get upset and things do not go wrong.
微妙；敏感
Also in this word
fragile · adjective · B1
easy to damage or break, often because it is thin, soft, or finely made.
易碎；嬌貴
frail health · adjective · B2
weak in health and likely to become ill easily (rather old-fashioned).
嬌弱；體弱
原始詞典資料17 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。
delicateadj/ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/
- 1
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- Those clothes are made from delicate lace.
- The negotiations were very delicate.
- 2
Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Her face was delicate.
- The spider wove a delicate web.
- 3
Intended for use with fragile items.
- Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.
- 4
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
- delicate behaviour
- delicate attentions
- 5
Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- a delicate child
- delicate health
- 6
informalUnwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
- 7
obsoleteAddicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
- This [Haarlem] is a very delicate towne, and hath one of the fairest Churches, of the Gotiq design, I had seene.
- 8
Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- a delicate dish
- delicate flavour
另外 5 個記錄的用法
- 9
Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
- Caſ[ſio]. She is a moſt exquiſite Lady. […] Indeede ſhe is a moſt freſh and delicate creature.
- 10
Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- a delicate shade of blue
- 11
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- 12
Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- a delicate taste
- a delicate ear for music
- 13
Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- a delicate thermometer
delicatenoun/ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/
- 1
A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
- Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!
- 2
obsoleteA choice dainty; a delicacy.
- With Abstinence all Delicates he Sees, / And can regale himself with Toast and Cheese.
- 3
obsoleteA delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
- A council of war was called, and the delicates met in the great cabin ; the platform was rigged up on the forecastle, the yard-rope rove, and the signal made for all boats to attend execution
- If Lucullus were not a waster and a delicate given to belly-cheare.
- 4
A moth of the species Mythimna vitellina.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。