词源

源自拉丁語 ， (“找出，找到”)的过去分词。

发音

• （美国）音频：

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• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/

形容词

(比較級，最高級)

1. 上好的，优质的，杰出的，突出的，卓越的

   They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.

   他们卖的咖啡和糕点不错，但是他们的巧克力很棒。

   Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.

   （請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

   • Template:RQ:Chambers Younger Set
2. (棄用) 精准的，精确的
3. 深奥的，难懂的
4. 精美的，绝妙的
5. 非常的，过量的，很重的

   exquisite pain or pleasure

   剧痛或极乐

6. 挑剔的，严苛的，非常讲究的

   exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment

   严格的判断，挑剔的品味或挑剔的眼光

   • Template:RQ:Fuller Church History

     his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite

名词

(複數)

1. (罕用) 花花公子 （自20世纪初叶）
   • 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87 (page 93)

     It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot.

   • 1925, P. G. Wodehouse, Sam the Sudden, Random House, London:2007, p. 42.

     So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.

     'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite.

发音

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形容词

1. 的屈折变化形式：
   1. 強變化/混合變化主格/賓格陰性單數
   2. 強變化主格/賓格複數
   3. 弱變化主格任意性別單數
   4. 弱變化賓格陰性/中性單數

分词

1. 的呼格陽性單數

参考资料

• “exquisite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers