Delicate - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

(of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.

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The conservatory is light and airy

adjective

With a lot of light and space

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The new offices are light and airy.

adjective

Delicate, as if full of air

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A light, airy fabric

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

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Some awkward questions

adjective

Difficult to use, do, or deal with

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It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly., some of the questions were rather awkward., it was an a…

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Causing problems, worry, or embarrassment

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Awkward position the government finds itself in a very awkward position., awkward situation he put …

adjective

Capable of breaking or being broken easily.

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Breakable ornaments

plural noun

Things which are fragile and easily broken.

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Breakables, like china, should be padded thoroughly and placed in smaller boxes

adjective

Something that is breakable might easily break

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Do you have anything breakable in your bag?

adjective

Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement.

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Years of wrangling over a controversial bypass

adjective

Causing or likely to cause disagreement

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A controversial theory/movie, they are also very controversially talking about taxing social securi…

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Causing disagreement or discussion

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A controversial issue/decision/speech/figure, the book was very controversial.

adjective

Delicately small and pretty.

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A dainty lace handkerchief

noun

Something good to eat; a delicacy.

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Home-made breads, jams, and dainties

adjective

Small and attractive in a delicate way

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A dainty wrist/hand, dainty flowers

adjective

(especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

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A diaphanous dress of pale gold

adjective

A diaphanous substance, especially cloth, is so delicate and thin that you can see through it

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A diaphanous silk veil

adjective

Unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

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Food supplies have been dicey in recent months

adjective

Not certain or safe; risky

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Things are going to be a bit dicey until we know whether the budget was approved.

adjective

Slightly dangerous or uncertain

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The company's finances look a little dicey.

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

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She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

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It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Needing skill or effort

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A difficult problem/choice/task/language, [ + to infinitive ] it will be very difficult to prove th…

noun

The thin, hard outer layer of an egg, especially a hen's egg.

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Emily was peeling off her eggshell

adjective

The exterior covering of a bird's egg

noun

The hard outside covering of an egg

adjective

Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.

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She will look elegant in black

adjective

Graceful and attractive in appearance or behavior

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We met a young businesswoman, elegant in a black suit., he was known for his elegance and wit., ele…

adjective

Graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour

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An elegant woman, a very elegant suit, an elegant dining room

adjective

Causing embarrassment.

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An embarrassing muddle

verb

Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.

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She wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene

adjective

Making you feel embarrassed

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An embarrassing situation, [ + to infinitive ] it's embarrassing to be caught telling a lie., my mo…

adjective

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling.

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Animal experimentation is an emotive subject

adjective

Causing strong feelings

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Animal experimentation is a highly emotive issue.

adjective

Extremely beautiful and delicate.

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Exquisite, jewel-like portraits

noun

A man who is affectedly concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy.

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Using brightly coloured, almost grotesque distortion of an individual's salient features, he target…

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Of extreme beauty

adjective

(especially of fabric) thin and translucent.

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Filmy white voile

adjective

Very thin and often transparent

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Filmy material, a filmy dress

adjective

Of very high quality; very good of its kind.

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This was a fine piece of film-making

noun

Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.

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It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.

adverb

In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.

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‘and how's the job-hunting going?’ ‘oh, fine.’

adjective

Insubstantial and easily damaged.

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A flimsy barrier

noun

A document, especially a copy, made on very thin paper.

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Credit-card flimsies

adjective

(of material) very thin, or (of a structure or object) badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed

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A flimsy dress, a flimsy building, they convicted the defendant on very flimsy evidence.

adjective

(especially of a woman's garment or a fabric) light and flimsy.

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Elegant floaty dresses

noun

An inflatable object on which a person may sit or recline while floating in water.

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She plopped down on a pool floatie

adjective

A floaty material is very light and moves in the air

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Floaty dresses, at age three, he ripped off his floaties and jumped into the deep end., there's onl…

adjective

(of an object) easily broken or damaged.

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Fragile items such as glass and china

adjective

Easily damaged, broken, or harmed

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A fragile piece of metal, their argument showed us just how fragile the teammate relationship can b…

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Easily harmed, damaged, or broken

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The fragile economy is under the pressure of floods at home and rising oil prices abroad., the chan…

adjective

(of a person) weak and delicate.

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His small, frail body

noun

A woman.

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Cosmetic manufacturers will never go out of business because the frails will always want to look li…

adjective

Physically weak, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed

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He’s always in frail health., the shirt is old and frail, and the threads look ready to part.

adjective

Resembling gauze; thin and translucent.

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A gauzy dress

adjective

Made of a very thin, light cloth

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A gauzy yellow curtain hangs in the window., her hat had a white gauzy veil that protected her face.

noun

A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.

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So i made a classic cross-hair from spider's gossamer and used it to pinpoint a cell in the area i …

noun

The very thin thread that spiders produce to make webs

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Gossamer wings, a gossamer veil

adjective

Very delicate and light

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Gossamer wings, a gossamer veil

adjective

Having or showing grace or elegance.

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She was a tall girl, slender and graceful

adjective

Moving in a smooth, relaxed, attractive way, or having a smooth, attractive shape

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Graceful movements, a graceful neck

adjective

Behaving in a polite and pleasant way

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She finally apologized, but she wasn't very graceful about it.

adjective

Lacking strength and solidity.

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The huts are relatively few and insubstantial

adjective

Of little value or importance, or not being strong, solid, or large

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He was popular during the early part of the 20th century, but today his work seems dated and insubs…

adjective

Not enough or not strong enough

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An insubstantial meal, insubstantial evidence

adjective

Very complicated or detailed.

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An intricate network of canals

adjective

Having a lot of small parts or pieces arranged in a complicated way, and therefore sometimes difficult to understand in detail

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The novel’s intricate plot will not be easy to translate into a movie., the antique silver teapot i…

adjective

Having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way

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The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair., the tiled floor is instal…

adjective

Thin and dry like paper.

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Papery onion skins

adjective

Thin and dry like paper

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The skin on his hands was wrinkled and papery.

adjective

Covered in prickles.

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Masses of prickly brambles

adjective

Having sharp points that stick out, or causing a stinging feeling

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A prickly cactus, the wool felt prickly and itchy against his skin.

adjective

Constituting or presenting a problem.

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The situation was problematic for teachers

noun

A thing that constitutes a problem.

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The problematics of artificial intelligence

adjective

Causing difficulty, or hard to deal with

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Social interactions are really problematic with a lot of children.

adjective

Involving or constituting a problem.

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The weighting of votes was particularly problematical

adjective

Causing difficulty, or hard to deal with

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Social interactions are really problematic with a lot of children.

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

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The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

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Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

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My experience made me very sensitive to the suffering of others., tom is extremely sensitive about …

adjective

Of or resembling silk, especially in being soft, fine, and lustrous.

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The fur felt silky and soft

adjective

Made of silk, or soft and smooth like silk

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A silky nightgown, silky fabrics

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

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Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

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Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

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A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

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Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

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Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

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The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

adjective

(of a person) sensitive to being tickled.

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I'm ticklish on the feet

adjective

Easily upset or offended; oversensitive.

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She's a little touchy about her age

adjective

Easily angered or made unhappy

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She’s touchy about people borrowing her books., politics can be a very touchy subject in some famil…

adjective

(of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward.

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Applying eyeliner can be a tricky business

adjective

(of a piece of work or a problem) difficult to deal with and needing careful attention or skill

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Removing scar tissue can be a very tricky operation., he’s a tricky fellow – you can’t always trust…

adjective

(of hair, threads, smoke, etc.) fine; feathery.

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The sky was blue with a few wispy clouds

adjective

In the form of a wisp or wisps

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A wispy cloud/fringe, wispy hair