剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - dexterity collapse

dexterity
[UK]/dek'ster.ə.ti/ [US]/-tˌi/
noun [U]
* the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands, or the ability to think quickly and effectively
纯熟，娴熟；灵巧，敏捷

1. He caught the ball with great dexterity.
他非常灵巧地接住了球。

2. He answered the journalists' questions with all the dexterity of a politician.
他以政治家的娴熟技巧回答了记者们的提问。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - dexterity collapse

dexterity
1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词(双手的)灵巧;(思维的)敏捷 Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.

  • ...Reid's dexterity on the guitar.

    里德弹吉他的娴熟指法

  • ...the wit and verbal dexterity of the script.

    剧本的风趣幽默和机敏的语言

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - dexterity collapse

dexterity
dex·ter·ity / dek5sterEti / noun [U]
   skill in using your hands or your mind
   (手)灵巧,熟练；(思维)敏捷,灵活:
   You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.
   玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
    mental / verbal dexterity
   智能；说话技巧

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - dexterity collapse

dexterity noun

• ADJECTIVE great | manual

• VERB + DEXTERITY demand (esp. BrE), require Video games require great manual ~. | have I don't have the ~ for juggling.

• PREPOSITION with ~ She handled the discussion with ~.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - dexterity collapse

dexterity noun
⇨ skill 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - dexterity collapse

dexterity

noun
1 the hand-decorating of china demanded great dexterity
DEFTNESS , adeptness, adroitness, agility, nimbleness, handiness, ability, capability, talent, skilfulness, skill, proficiency, accomplishment, expertise, experience, efficiency, effortlessness, slickness, mastery, delicacy, knack, facility, artistry, sleight of hand, craft, finesse, felicity; informal niftiness, wizardry.
-opposite(s): CLUMSINESS.

2 his political dexterity
SHREWDNESS , astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence; ingenuity, inventiveness, cleverness, smartness; sensitivity, alertness, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, discrimination, sagacity, sageness; cunning, artfulness, craftiness, wiliness, calculation, calculatedness; informal nous, horse sense, savvy; rare sapience, arguteness.
-opposite(s): STUPIDITY ; INSENSITIVITY.

词源记忆 - dexterity collapse

dexterity 灵巧
来自PIE→*deks, 右手，右边，词源同ambidextrous。引申词义灵巧。比较sinister, 原义为左手的。