adjective
daintier, daintiest
1
- delicately small and pretty小巧可爱的, 精致的：
a dainty lace handkerchief.
精致的花边手帕。
1.1
- (of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement（人）秀丽玲珑的, 优雅的。
1.2
- (of food) particularly good to eat（食物）可口的, 美味的：
a dainty morsel.
一小口美味食品。
2
- 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。
派生词
daintily
adverbdaintiness
noun词源
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'.