"delicate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delicate adjetivo

delicate + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 256
delicate balance • delicate hand • delicate feature • delicate issue • delicate matter • delicate situation • delicate task • delicate touch • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 51
(2) hand, finger, fingertip
Kolokacji: 3
(5) matter, thing, affair
Kolokacji: 3
(9) negotiation, diplomacy
Kolokacji: 2
(16) sensibility, sense
Kolokacji: 2
(17) bone, wrist, skull, jaw, ankle
Kolokacji: 5
(19) shade, nuance, irony, wit
Kolokacji: 4
(27) sauce, broth, salad
Kolokacji: 3
(29) nose, nostril
Kolokacji: 2
(33) curve, arch, spire
Kolokacji: 3
1. delicate mechanism = czuły mechanizm delicate mechanism
2. delicate machinery = czuły mechanizm delicate machinery
3. delicate machine = czuła maszyna delicate machine
  • He could look up and see the whole delicate machine ticking away, gently, browsing off the natural magic generated by the turning of the Disc.
  • It required a delicate, sophisticated machine that humans haven't even come close to matching.
  • I am a very delicate machine in that respect.
  • The more delicate and modern the machine is, the more likely it is that something will go wrong if I get close enough to it.
  • First, the capital investment to install these delicate machines and the technical support to maintain them is daunting.
  • The "delicate machine" Keynes referred to was of course the global economy.
  • The long fingers of the stenographer danced about on his delicate little machine.
  • The delicate two-man machines were easily destroyed once hit and we lost six during that second engagement.
  • Henry thought of her as a delicate machine perfectly made for pleasure, a sexual contraption.
  • He was afraid the delicate machines would give out at any moment.
4. delicate sensor = czuły czujnik delicate sensor
(37) chain, strand, necklace
Kolokacji: 3
(39) melody, voice, lyricism
Kolokacji: 3
(41) shudder, cough
Kolokacji: 2
(42) leg, limb, filament, branch
Kolokacji: 4
(43) porcelain, China
Kolokacji: 2
(45) filigree, workmanship
Kolokacji: 2
(47) experiment, probe
Kolokacji: 2
(48) profile, note
Kolokacji: 2
(49) fern, herb
Kolokacji: 2
(50) psyche, ego
Kolokacji: 2
(51) surface, palate
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + delicate
Kolokacji: 18
most delicate • extremely delicate • politically delicate • particularly delicate • surprisingly delicate • ...
delicate + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
delicate in • delicate of • delicate for • delicate with

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