fine-toothed

英 ['faɪnt'u:θt]      美 ['faɪnt'uθt]
  • adj. 齿细密的
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fine-toothed (adj.)
c. 1600, "epicurean, having delicate tastes," from fine (adj.) + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth (n.). By 1703 as "having fine teeth" (of a saw, file, comb, etc.); fine-tooth in this sense attested from 1804.
1. "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"
“我想发份电报。”——“好的,发给谁?”
2. She's going to be fine. She always was pretty strong.
她会好的。她一直都很强壮。
3. Before the race, he is fine. But afterwards he is worn out.
赛前他状态很好,赛后就筋疲力尽了。
4. Billy Sullivan had impressed me as a fine man.
比利·沙利文给我留下的印象是他是个很不错的人。
5. He was about seven years old, small and fine-boned like his mother.
他大概7岁,骨架像他妈妈一样娇小均匀。