"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
(37) chain, strand, necklace
Kolokacji: 3
(39) melody, voice, lyricism
Kolokacji: 3
(41) shudder, cough
Kolokacji: 2
(42) leg, limb, filament, branch
Kolokacji: 4
1. delicate leg = delikatna noga delicate leg
2. delicate limb = słaba kończyna delicate limb
3. delicate filament = delikatne włókno delicate filament
4. delicate branch = delikatna gałąź delicate branch
  • The tree has delicate, slender ultimate branches and leaves that are no more than scales, making the tree look more like a wispy conifer.
  • But the tree lives on, its many long, delicate branches and budding leaves seeming to bestow a benediction on all who walk near it.
  • Here, the eggs swing safely out of the reach of monkeys and other predators who would never venture to branches so delicate they seem almost like twigs.
  • In "Tumbleweed," a profusion of delicate branches offer the natural equivalent of Pollock's all-over painting.
  • I jumped to my feet, miraculously avoiding getting tangled in the tree's delicate branches, and watched my father close the door behind him.
  • The long thin hands lay open like the thin delicate branches of a tree in winter, and the blood oozed down upon the floor.
  • This fish had lungs resembling delicate branches of red coral, and, if kept moist, it would exist upon the land for many hours like an eel.
  • Every three meters, larger ridges sprouted a circular array of vines and delicate branches, decreasing in circumference as they increased in altitude.
  • Then he threaded the balloon, in its sheath, into Mr. Ruo's artery, stopping at the exact spot in the delicate branch where the genes were to be inserted.
  • When the cool globe finally rested atop the delicate black branches, it seemed so close that Abby held out her arms and tried to touch it.
(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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