| 单词 |
meticulous |
| 释义 |
meticulous, a.|mɪˈtɪkjʊləs|
[ad. L. meticulōsus (or the derived F. méticuleux), f. metus fear.]
†1. Fearful, timid. Obs.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 649 Gif thow be..Meticulos, and dar nocht se blude drawin. a1550Image Hypocr. iv. 544 in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 445 Madd and meticulous. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vii. (1686) 78 Melancholy and meticulous heads. 1674[Z. Cawdrey] Catholicon 16 They strive not so much in ingage Meticulous Scrupulous Women and Mechanicks.
2. Over-careful about minute details, over-scrupulous. In present usage: careful, punctilious, scrupulous, precise.
1827Blackw. Mag. XXII. 489 He does many things which we ourselves, and we do not hold ourselves peculiarly meticulous, will not venture upon. 1877Symonds Renaiss. in It., Rev. Learn. II. vii. 300 The decadence of Italian prose composition into laboured mannerism and meticulous propriety. 1904A. Griffiths 50 Yrs. Public Service xii. 162 The rule was enforced by a stringent and meticulous discipline. 1952W. D. Jacobs William Barnes, Linguist i. 9 They [sc. Barnes's linguistic studies] present a possible solution to mongrelized English and an alternate program of greater scale and with more meticulous plan than any previous to Barnes. 1964New Statesman 8 May 710/1 Wilson is far too meticulous a constitutionalist not to appreciate the impropriety—not to mention the impossibility—of an opposition's seeking to govern a country in advance. 1973Times 4 May 2/7 Dr Ramsey said in a meticulous English accent: ‘Can I just say [etc.].’ |
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