mid-15c., "full of pride," from Latin fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing, squeamishness; dislike, aversion; excessive nicety," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance, pride," and taedium "aversion, disgust." Fastus is possibly from PIE *bhars- (1) "projection, bristle, point," on the notion of "prickliness" (Watkins) or "a semantic shift from 'top' to 'haughtiness' which is conceivable, but the
u-stem is not attested independently" [de Vaan], who adds that "fastidium would be a tautology." Early use in English was both in passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" in English emerged 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness.
中文解释
1. contraction of fastus "contempt, arrogance" and taedium "aversion, disgust, dull, weary".2. => 也就是那种始终不满、反感、厌恶的那种高傲和自大。3. 因为高傲和自大，所以对什么都觉得不满意、对什么都看不上眼，因此总是很挑剔。4. fastid- : 谐音“繁死他爹、繁死他的”。5. 谐音“繁死他爹儿子、繁死他的儿子、繁死他爹儿死、繁死他爹儿事”。
实用例句
1. Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.
接触食物前尤其对洗手不能有半点马虎。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Everything was planned in fastidious detail.
样样都一丝不苟地计划好了。
来自《权威词典》
3. She is too fastidious about her food or clothing.