dainty

noun

something considered choice to eat
特選食品とされるもの

adjective

delicately beautiful
繊細で美しい
- a dainty teacup
  上品なティーカップ
- an exquisite cameo
  見事なカメオ
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
過度に好みが難しく、容易に嫌気がさす
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  食物に関してうるさすぎるのでキャンプに連れて行けない
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  神経質すぎてひじでトイレのハンドルを触ることしかできない
affectedly dainty or refined
上品、あるいは洗練を気取った
especially pleasing to the taste
特に味覚に気持ちよい
- a dainty dish to set before a kind
  豪華さを演出する上品な皿

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