单词 | beauty |
释义 | beauty['bju:ti]n. 美, 美人 beauty beau.ty AHD: [by›“t¶] D.J. [6bju8ti8]K.K. [6bjuti]n.(名词) 【复数】 beau.ties 1. A delightful quality associated with harmony of form or color, excellence of craftsmanship, truthfulness, originality, or another property.美好:一种与形式和颜色的和谐、高超的技巧、真实、新颖或其它特性相联系的令人愉快的性质2. One that is beautiful, especially a beautiful woman.美人:一个美丽的人,尤指美丽的女人3. A quality or feature that is most effective, gratifying, or telling:完美:一种最有效的、令人满意的或显著的品质或形象:The beauty of the venture is that we stand to lose nothing.此次冒险的美妙之处在于我们不会失去任何东西4. An outstanding or conspicuous example:突出的范例:一个卓越的或显著的例子:“Hammett's gun went off. The shot was a beauty, just slightly behind the eyes”(&b{Lillian Hellman})“哈米特的枪打响了。这是个模拟射击,打在金属环稍后一点的位置”(莉莲·赫尔曼)语源:1. Middle English beaute 中古英语 beaute 2. from Old French biaute 源自 古法语 biaute 3. from Vulgar Latin *bellit³s 源自 俗拉丁语 *bellit³s 4. from Latin bellus [pretty] * see deu- 2源自 拉丁语 bellus [明亮的,悦人的] *参见 deu- 2 |
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