delicate situation/question 微妙的事态/棘手的问题
delicate skin of a young girl 小女孩柔嫩的肌肤
delicate workmanship 精巧的工艺
delicate china 易碎的瓷器
delicate child 娇弱的孩子
delicate shade of pink 浅粉色
delicate sense of smell/touch 敏感的嗅觉/触觉
delicate instruments needed by scientists 科学家们所需的精密仪器
delicate food 美味的食物
前缀dis-(dif-,di-) = apart;to undo;lack of,to remove;not
dis-是个很常见的前缀,它原是副词性的拉丁前缀,意思为apart。当它作为原生前缀与拉丁词根结合时,根据词根首字母的情况,分别使用dis-,dif-,di-三种形式。其中,dis-主要出现在c,p,...
后缀-agogue,-agog = Leading or promoting
-agogue In the US often -agog. Leading or promoting. [Greek agōgos, leading.] A demagogue (Greek demos, the people) is a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices; a pedagogue is a teacher, especially...
后缀-ae = Forming plurals
[From a Latin plural suffix, or representing the Greek plural ending -ai.] The -ae suffix is used for the plural of many non-naturalized, specialist, or unfamiliar nouns ending in -a (see -a 1 ) derived from Latin or Greek: antennae is the p...
前缀actino-,actin- = A ray or beam 光线,束
before vowels actin-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to rays," from Greek aktis (genitive aktinos) "ray, radiance;" perhaps cognate with Sanskrit aktuh "light, ray," Gothic uhtwo "dawn, daybreak," Lithuanian anksti "early."...
前缀acrylo-,acryl- = Acrylic 丙烯酸塑料
前缀acrylo-,acryl-是化学元素前缀,非常专业的词缀,一般的书籍上没有介绍,可以说如果不是化学专业的,真的很少见到由这个前缀构成的单词了。 词源: [English acrylic (from Latin acer,...
前缀acro-,acr- = highest, topmost, at the extremities 高,最高,极高,顶点
前缀acro- 来源于拉丁语akro-,akro-来源于akros意思是at the end,at the top,也就是说,akros一直演变成前缀acro-意思基本上没有变。为什么变成acro-,而不是演变成别的词缀呢?这个可以通过音变..