fastidious

英 [f?'st?d??s] 美[f?'st?d??s]
  • adj. 挑剔的；苛求的，難取悅的；（微生物等）需要復(fù)雜營(yíng)養(yǎng)地

英英釋意

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"