英['sʌtl]美['sʌtl]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
subtle微妙的，巧妙的，敏锐的来自古法语subtil，来自拉丁语subtilis，精细的，精致的，来自sub，向下，在下，-tilis，网的，来自tela，网，词源同toilet,toiletry.其字面意思可能是网中网，因此要求更巧妙的编织技术，引申诸相关词义。
adjective(形容词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)
小知识
Something that is subtle is not obvious: a professional food taster might be able to perceive subtle differences of flavor that most people don't notice.
Subtle is used for things that are hard to describe because of their complexity or delicacy: a way of thinking, arguing, or creating a work of art. The word is pronounced like “suttle” and it was originally spelled that way when it was borrowed from Old French, but the b got imported to make the word look more like its ultimate source, the Latin adjective subtilis. If you try to pronounce the b, your ignorance of how to say the word properly won't be very subtle!
实用短语
单词用法
单词辨析
subtle,delicate,fine
这三个词均可表示“微妙的，细微的”。
delicate含有需要谨慎处理或对待的意思；
fine带有“细微的，不易察觉的”意思；
subtle有时带有原来“聪明的，机敏的”意思。
这三个词均可表示“微妙的，细微的”。
delicate含有需要谨慎处理或对待的意思；
fine带有“细微的，不易察觉的”意思；
subtle有时带有原来“聪明的，机敏的”意思。
同根词汇
subtle adv.subtly精细地；巧妙地；敏锐地n.subtlety微妙；敏锐；精明vi subtilize过分精细；微妙化vt subtilize使稀薄；使精细