refined
英[r?'fa?nd]
美[r?'fa?nd]
- adj. [油氣][化工][冶] 精煉的；精確的；微妙的；有教養(yǎng)的
英英釋意
- 1. used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel;
- "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"
- "refined people with refined taste"
- 2. freed from impurities by processing;
- "refined sugar"
- "refined oil"
- "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
- 3. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience;
- "his polished manner"
- "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
- 4. made pure
- 5. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
- 6. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;
- "a neat style"
- "a neat set of rules"
- "she hated to have her neat plans upset"