形容詞 fastidious:

1. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
   同義詞：exacting

1. One who is excessively fastidious in dress, manners, or taste.
   愛修飾的人過分講究穿著、舉止或嗜好的人
2. She is so fastidious about her food that I never invite her for dinner.
   她對食物過於挑剔，因此我從不請她吃飯

fas.tid.i.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
過分注意的：對細節(jié)謹慎而細心地注意的
Difficult to please; exacting.
挑剔的：難于取悅的；苛求的
Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety.See Synonyms at meticulous
過分講究的：過分謹慎或敏感的，尤其在味道和禮節(jié)方面參見 meticulous
Microbiology Having complicated nutritional requirements.
【微生物學】 有很復雜的營養(yǎng)要求的

來源：
Middle English [squeamish, particular, haughty]
中古英語 [太過講究規(guī)矩的，特別的，傲慢的]
from Old French fastidieux
源自 古法語 fastidieux
from Latin fastodiôsus
源自 拉丁語 fastodiôsus
from fastodium [squeamishness, haughtiness]
源自 fastodium [挑剔，特別，傲慢]
probably from fastus [disdain]
可能源自 fastus [輕視，鄙視]

【引伸】
fastid.iously
adv.（副詞）
fastid.iousness
n.（名詞）