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{
"term": "delicate",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easily damaged or broken",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "delicate china teacups"
},
{
"text": "The eye is one of the most delicate organs of the body."
},
{
"text": "the delicate ecological balance of the rainforest"
},
{
"text": "Babies have very delicate skin."
},
{
"text": "a cool wash cycle for delicate fabrics"
},
{
"text": "Her bones felt as delicate as a bird's."
},
{
"text": "The glasses looked very delicate."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not strong and easily becoming ill",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **delicate child/constitution**"
},
{
"text": "His health had always been delicate."
},
{
"text": "She has a delicate constitution and has to be careful with what she eats."
},
{
"text": "a rather delicate child"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "small and having a beautiful shape or appearance",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "his delicate hands"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "made or formed in a very careful and detailed way",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the delicate mechanisms of a clock"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "showing or needing careful or sensitive treatment",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I admired your delicate handling of the situation."
},
{
"text": "a delicate problem"
},
{
"text": "The delicate surgical operation took five hours."
},
{
"text": "This is a somewhat delicate subject."
},
{
"text": "a politically delicate situation"
},
{
"text": "I wasn't sure how to approach the delicate matter of pay."
},
{
"text": "He warned that the talks were at a very delicate stage."
},
{
"text": "This has done nothing except to inflame an already delicate situation."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "light and pleasant; not strong",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **delicate fragrance/flavour**"
},
{
"text": "a river scene painted in delicate watercolours"
}
],
"synonyms": "subtle",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdelɪkət/",
"audio": "de/delicate/delicate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdelɪkət/",
"audio": "de/delicate/delicate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘delightful, charming’): from French délicat or Latin delicatus, of unknown origin. Senses also expressed in Middle English (now obsolete) include ‘voluptuous’, ‘self-indulgent’, ‘fastidious’, and ‘effeminate’."
}