finicky
英 ['f?n?k?]
美 ['f?n?ki]
助記提示
1. fine + (-ic => -ick) + -y => finicky.
2. finical: 諧音“妃禮苛”-----作為妃子的禮數(shù)很苛刻，“費力刻”，“廢立苛”------廢立太子要求很苛刻，“非你苛”-----不是你苛刻、挑剔，“非禮苛”-----非常繁瑣、苛刻的禮節(jié)。
3. finical => finicky.
中文詞源
finicky 過分挑剔的來自fine, 精細(xì)。-icky,形容詞后綴。詞義貶義化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. It's a very finicky job.
- 這是個很細(xì)致的工作。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Eat up your fish and don't be so finicky.
- 把你的魚吃完,別太挑剔了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here.
- 即使是最挑剔的食客在這里也會找到讓人胃口大開的美食。
來自辭典例句
- 4. This job is too finicky for me.
- 我做不了這麼細(xì)致的工作.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He is the most finicky eaters I've ever met.
- 他是我所見到過的對食物最挑剔的人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)