delicate

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛlɪkət/

形容詞

くだけた表現 廃用

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. / Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. / Intended for use with fragile items.

日本語の意味

壊れやすい、または丁寧に扱う必要がある / 細かい構造を持つ、または線が細いことが特徴である / 壊れやすい物品専用に設計された

英語の意味

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. / Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. / Intended for use with fragile items.

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Be careful when packing the delicate glass ornaments for the move.

引っ越しの際は、壊れやすいガラスの飾りを梱包するときに注意してください。

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意味（1）

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

Those clothes are made from delicate lace.

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意味（2）

Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

Her face was delicate.

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意味（3）

Intended for use with fragile items.

Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.

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意味（4）

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.

delicate behaviour

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意味（5）

Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

a delicate child

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意味（6）

(informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.

Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.

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意味（7）

(obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

意味（8）

circa 1660, John Evelyn (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29:

Haerlem is a very delicate town and hath one of the fairest churches of the Gothic design I had ever seen.

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意味（9）

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

a delicate dish

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意味（10）

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.

Cassio: She’s a most exquisite lady.[…]Indeed, she’s a most fresh and delicate creature.

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意味（11）

Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.

a delicate shade of blue

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意味（12）

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

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Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.

a delicate taste

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意味（14）

Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

a delicate thermometer

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more delicate （ comparative ）

most delicate （ superlative ）