finicky
英 ['fɪnɪkɪ]
美 ['fɪnɪki]
助记提示
1. fine + (-ic => -ick) + -y => finicky.
2. finical: 谐音“妃礼苛”-----作为妃子的礼数很苛刻，“费力刻”，“废立苛”------废立太子要求很苛刻，“非你苛”-----不是你苛刻、挑剔，“非礼苛”-----非常繁琐、苛刻的礼节。
3. finical => finicky.
中文词源
finicky 过分挑剔的来自fine, 精细。-icky,形容词后缀。词义贬义化。
英文词源
- finicky (adj.)
- 1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1590s), which perhaps is from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical, ironical (OED says "ultimate derivation" from the adjective "seems probable"). But finikin (1660s) "dainty, precise in trifles" has been proposed as a source, even though the timing is off. It apparently comes from Dutch; compare Middle Dutch fijnkens (adv.) "precisely, exactly," from fijn, cognate with English fine (adj.).
The -k- between the final -c- and a suffix beginning in -i, -y, or -e is an orthographic rule to mark the pronunciation of -c- as "k" (compare picnicking, trafficking, panicky, shellacked). Related: Finickiness.
双语例句
- 1. It's a very finicky job.
- 这是个很细致的工作。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Eat up your fish and don't be so finicky.
- 把你的鱼吃完,别太挑剔了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here.
- 即使是最挑剔的食客在这里也会找到让人胃口大开的美食。
来自辞典例句
- 4. This job is too finicky for me.
- 我做不了这麽细致的工作.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He is the most finicky eaters I've ever met.
- 他是我所见到过的对食物最挑剔的人.
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