subtle 音标拼音: [s'ʌtəl]
a . 敏感的,精细的,狡猾的,稀薄的,精巧的,微妙的
敏感的,精细的,狡猾的,稀薄的,精巧的,微妙的
subtle adj 1 :
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze ; "
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change "; "
a subtle difference "; "
that elusive thing the soul " [
synonym :
{
elusive }, {
subtle }]
2 :
able to make fine distinctions ; "
a subtle mind "
3 :
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way ;
"
glaucoma is an insidious disease "; "
a subtle poison " [
synonym :
{
insidious }, {
pernicious }, {
subtle }]
Subtile \
Sub "
tile \,
a . [
L .
subtilis .
See {
Subtile }.]
1 .
Thin ;
not dense or gross ;
rare ;
as ,
subtile air ;
subtile vapor ;
a subtile medium .
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2 .
Delicately constituted or constructed ;
nice ;
fine ;
delicate ;
tenuous ;
finely woven . "
A sotil [
subtile ]
twine '
s thread ." --
Chaucer .
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More subtile web Arachne can not spin . --
Spenser .
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I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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3 .
Acute ;
piercing ;
searching .
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The slow disease and subtile pain . --
Prior .
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5 .
Characterized by nicety of discrimination ;
discerning ;
delicate ;
refined ;
subtle . [
In this sense now commonly written {
subtle }.]
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The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile ,
without being at all acute ;
hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature .
The genius of the Italians ,
on the contrary ,
is acute ,
profound ,
and sensual ,
but not subtile ;
hence what they think to be humorous ,
is merely witty .
--
Coleridge .
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The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson '
s . --
Hawthorne .
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5 .
Sly ;
artful ;
cunning ;
crafty ;
subtle ;
as ,
a subtile person ;
a subtile adversary ;
a subtile scheme . [
In this sense now commonly written {
subtle }.]
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Syn : {
Subtile }, {
Acute }.
Usage :
In acute the image is that of a needle '
s point ;
in subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness .
The acute intellect pierces to its aim ;
the subtile (
or subtle )
intellect winds its way through obstacles .
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Sub "
tile *
ly },
adv . --
{
Sub "
tile *
ness },
n .
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Subtle \
Sub "
tle \,
a . [
Compar . {
Subtler };
superl . {
Subtlest }.]
[
OE .
sotil ,
subtil ,
OF .
soutil ,
later subtil ,
F .
subtil ,
L .
subtilis ;
probably ,
originally ,
woven fine ,
and fr .
sub under tela a web ,
fr .
texere to weave .
See {
Text },
and cf .
{
Subtile }.]
1 .
Sly in design ;
artful ;
cunning ;
insinuating ;
subtile ; --
applied to persons ;
as ,
a subtle foe . "
A subtle traitor ."
--
Shak .
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2 .
Cunningly devised ;
crafty ;
treacherous ;
as ,
a subtle stratagem .
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3 .
Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions ;
nicely discriminating ; --
said of persons ;
as ,
a subtle logician ;
refined ;
tenuous ;
sinuous ;
insinuating ;
hence ,
penetrative or pervasive ; --
said of the mind ;
its faculties ,
or its operations ;
as ,
a subtle intellect ;
a subtle imagination ;
a subtle process of thought ;
also ,
difficult of apprehension ;
elusive .
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Things remote from use ,
obscure and subtle .
--
Milton .
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4 .
Smooth and deceptive . [
Obs .]
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Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [
bowling ground ]. --
Shak .
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Syn :
Artful ;
crafty ;
cunning ;
shrewd ;
sly ;
wily .
Usage :
Subtle is the most comprehensive of these epithets and implies the finest intellectual quality .
See {
Shrewd },
and {
Cunning }.
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288 Moby Thesaurus words for "
subtle ":
Byzantine ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
abstruse ,
accurate ,
acute ,
adulterated ,
air -
built ,
airy ,
analytic ,
analytical ,
appreciative ,
arcane ,
arch ,
artful ,
astute ,
attentive ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
balled up ,
boyish ,
cagey ,
calculating ,
canny ,
casuistic ,
chimerical ,
civilized ,
clever ,
close ,
cloud -
built ,
complex ,
complicated ,
concealed ,
confounded ,
confused ,
conscientious ,
constant ,
convoluted ,
correct ,
crabbed ,
crafty ,
creamy ,
critical ,
cultivated ,
cultured ,
cunning ,
cut ,
cute ,
daedal ,
dainty ,
deceitful ,
deceptive ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
designing ,
detailed ,
devious ,
dexterous ,
diaphanous ,
differential ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
diplomatic ,
direct ,
discriminate ,
discriminating ,
discriminative ,
distinctive ,
distinguishing ,
dreamlike ,
eggshell ,
elaborate ,
elegant ,
elusive ,
embrangled ,
entangled ,
ethereal ,
even ,
exact ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
express ,
exquisite ,
faint ,
faithful ,
fanciful ,
fastidious ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feline ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
finical ,
finicking ,
finicky ,
flat ,
flimsy ,
fouled up ,
foxy ,
frail ,
fussy ,
gaseous ,
gauzy ,
girlish ,
gloss ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
gracious ,
guileful ,
hairline ,
hairsplitting ,
hidden ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
implicated ,
inerrable ,
inerrant ,
infallible ,
ingenious ,
insidious ,
insubstantial ,
intricate ,
inventive ,
involuted ,
involved ,
iridescent ,
knotted ,
knowing ,
labyrinthian ,
labyrinthine ,
lacy ,
light ,
loused up ,
many -
faceted ,
mathematical ,
matted ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
mellow ,
messed up ,
meticulous ,
micrometrically precise ,
microscopic ,
minute ,
misty ,
mixed up ,
mother -
of -
pearl ,
mucked up ,
multifarious ,
nacreous ,
narrow ,
nebulous ,
nice ,
obscure ,
opalescent ,
pale ,
papery ,
particular ,
pastel ,
patinaed ,
pawky ,
pearly ,
perplexed ,
phantomlike ,
pinpoint ,
polished ,
politic ,
precise ,
precisianistic ,
precisionistic ,
profound ,
punctilious ,
punctual ,
quiet ,
ramified ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
ratiocinative ,
ready ,
recondite ,
refined ,
religious ,
religiously exact ,
remote ,
resourceful ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
roundabout ,
sad ,
scheming ,
scientific ,
scientifically exact ,
screwed up ,
scrupulous ,
scrutinizing ,
selective ,
semigloss ,
sensitive ,
serpentine ,
severe ,
shadowy ,
sharp ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
simple ,
skillful ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slick ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slimy ,
slinky ,
slippery ,
sly ,
small ,
smarmy ,
smart ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
snarled ,
sneaky ,
sober ,
soft ,
soft -
colored ,
soft -
hued ,
softened ,
somber ,
sophistical ,
sophisticated ,
spirituous ,
square ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
strict ,
subdued ,
subtile ,
supple ,
svelte ,
sweet ,
sylphlike ,
tactful ,
tactical ,
tangled ,
tangly ,
tender ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
twisted ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
underhanded ,
undeviating ,
unerring ,
unreal ,
unsubstantial ,
vague ,
vaporous ,
veiled ,
vulpine ,
wary ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
willowy ,
wily ,
windy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy
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