subtle

subtle /'sʌtl/
  • tính từ
    • phảng phất
      • a subtle perfume: mùi thơm phảng phất
    • huyền ảo
      • a subtle charm: sức hấp dẫn huyền ảo
    • khó thấy, tinh vi, tinh tế, tế nhị
      • a subtle distinction: sự phân biệt tế nhị
    • khôn khéo, khôn ngoan, lanh lợi, tin nhanh
      • subtle device: phương sách khôn khéo
      • subtle workman: công nhân lành nghề
      • subtle fingers: những ngón tay khéo léo
      • a subtle mind: óc tinh nhanh
    • xảo quyệt, quỷ quyệt
      • a subtle enemy: kẻ thù xảo quyệt
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) mỏng
      • a subtle vapour: lớp hơi nước mỏng

Xem thêm: elusive, insidious, pernicious



subtle

Từ điển Collocation

subtle adj.

VERBS be, seem | become

ADV. extraordinarily, extremely, very | infinitely making infinitely subtle distinctions | not exactly, not too He was not exactly subtle about it! | fairly, quite, rather


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind; elusive

    his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change

    a subtle difference

    that elusive thing the soul

  • faint and difficult to analyze

    subtle aromas

  • able to make fine distinctions

    a subtle mind

  • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; insidious, pernicious

    glaucoma is an insidious disease

    a subtle poison


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

subtler|subtlest
syn.: clever crafty cunning delicate faint fine foxy shrewd sly thin tricky underhanded

ant.: simple