c. 1600, "epicurean, having delicate tastes," from fine (adj.) + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth (n.). By 1703 as "having fine teeth" (of a saw, file, comb, etc.); fine-tooth in this sense attested from 1804.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"
“我想發(fā)份電報(bào)?！薄昂玫模l(fā)給誰(shuí)？”
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. She's going to be fine. She always was pretty strong.
她會(huì)好的。她一直都很強(qiáng)壯。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Before the race, he is fine. But afterwards he is worn out.
賽前他狀態(tài)很好，賽后就筋疲力盡了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Billy Sullivan had impressed me as a fine man.
比利·沙利文給我留下的印象是他是個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的人。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. He was about seven years old, small and fine-boned like his mother.