| 单词 | pleasing-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspleasing-looking 1. That pleases; that gives pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable, pleasant. Also in pleasing-looking. Also as n.: (with the) that which is pleasing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 71 He..beholdiþ hire in þe face wiþ plesinge & glad [L. blando] chere. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 19 However þis ende comeþ beste, is moost plesing to God. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 191 (MED) A leche is plesyd wyth fayre woordys & plesyng speche. a1500 Gesta Romanorum (Gloucester) (1971) 750 (MED) With fayr, plesyng wordes þou begylede hir. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Hastings lvi The pleasyngst meanes boade not the luckiest endes. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xli. 180 The tears did wash her pleasing face. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 327 What is pleasinger then varietie, or sweeter then flatterie? 1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. iv. ii. 38 Some sweet alluring Jen Scay Quoy, Some pleasing pretty tickling Toy. 1717 A. Pope Fable of Dryope in Wks. 276 Her smiling babe (a pleasing charge) she prest Within her arms. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 9 He has reconciled the pleasing to the proper. 1787 E. Helme Louisa I. vi. 47 There is the most pleasing looking man with her I ever saw. 1814 Mann. & Cust. in Ann. Reg. 490/1 Most of the Greek women sing in a pleasing manner, accompanying themselves with a tetrachord, the tones of which are an excellent support to the voice. 1835 M. Shelley Lodore I. xvi. 252 He was not a pleasing-looking man. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 15 No longer a young man, yet not too old to be pleasing to women. 1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock i. v. 68 His face was less pleasing than his person. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 10 Sept. 36 A ground cover..seemed to keep the weeds out and also provide a pleasing-looking green and white border. 1992 Observer 28 June 26/8 Another pleasing activity which can distress others is farting. < as lemmas |
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