delicately small and pretty 小巧可爱的,精致的 a dainty lace handkerchief. 精致的花边手帕。 ■(of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement (人)秀丽玲珑的,优雅的 ■(of food) particularly good to eat (食物)适口的,美味的 a dainty morsel. 一小口美味食品。
fastidious or difficult to please, typically concerning food (尤指对食物)挑剔的,难以中意的 a dainty appetite. 挑食。
(pl. -ies)
(一般作 dainties)something good to eat; a delicacy 美食;佳肴
派生 daintily adverb daintiness noun 语源
Middle English (in the sense 'titbit, (something) pleasing to the palate'): from Old French daintie, deintie 'choice morsel, pleasure', from Latin dignitas 'worthiness or beauty', from dignus 'worthy'