[字彙] twee (a) 過度小巧可愛的
情感的表達要適中，過度了反而會讓人不舒服，
今天的單字 twee 就可用來表達這類的意思。
http://sovereignty.pixnet.net/blog/post/26815032
The Word of the Day for August 07, 2010 is:
twee \TWEE\ adjective
: affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint
Example Sentence:
I stood in the greeting card section of the store reading through the
selections, looking for one that would express my affection and appreciation
without being intolerably twee.
Did you know?
Most adults wouldn't be caught dead saying, "Oh, look at the tweet 'ittle
birdie!" (at least not to anyone over the age of three), but they probably
wouldn't be averse to saying, "He went fishing with his dad," "She works as a
nanny," or "Hey, buddy, how's it going?" Anyone who uses "dad," "nanny," or
"buddy" owes a debt to "baby talk," a term used for both the childish speech
adults adopt when addressing youngsters and for the speech of small children
who are just learning to talk. "Twee" also originated in baby talk, as an
alteration of "sweet." In the early 1900s, it was a term of affection, but
nowadays British speakers and writers, and, increasingly, Americans as well,
use "twee" for things that have passed beyond agreeable and into the realm of
cloying.
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dainty (a) 精緻、小巧的
quaint (a) 新奇有趣的 (通常指古色古香)
agreeable (a) 令人愉快的
cloying (a) 甜的發膩的；情感過分流露的
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