2009년 2월 28일 토요일

particular

4. ADJ : usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If you say that someone is particular, you mean that they choose things and do things very carefully, and are not easily satisfied.
  • Ted was very particular about the colors he used.
......... Cobuild

4(b) Attentive to or concerned with details or niceties, often excessively so; meticulous or fussy. (Am-Heritage)

4. difficult to please; fussy (Collins Essential)

5. exacting especially about details; 
  • "a finicky eater"; 
  • "fussy about clothes"; 
  • "very particular about how her food was prepared" 
  • = finical, finicky, picky, fussy
  • (Rel) fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
....... Thesaurus/WordNet3.0

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