fastidious
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美[fæ'stɪdɪəs]
- adj. 挑剔的；苛求的，难取悦的；（微生物等）需要复杂营养地
英英释意
- 1. giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness;
- "a fastidious and incisive intellect"
- "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
- 2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures;
- "fastidious microorganisms"
- "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"