(of a person’s movements 人的動作 quick and showing skill 熟練的；靈巧的；機敏的 deft hands/fingers/footwork 靈活的手／手指／步法 He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush. 他用畫筆熟練地勾上幾筆，這幅畫就完成了。 In one deft movement, he had her hand locked behind her back. 在一個靈巧的動作中，他把她的手鎖在背後。
clever and showing skill 靈巧： 機靈且顯示技巧her deft command of the language 她對這種語言的充分掌握
Word OriginMiddle English: variant of daft, in the obsolete sense ‘meek’.