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单词 beaut
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beautn.adj.adv.int.

Brit. /bjuːt/, U.S. /bjut/, Australian English /bjuːt/, New Zealand English /bjuːt/
Forms: 1800s– beaut, 1900s– bute (rare).
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: beauty n.; beautiful adj.
Etymology: Shortened < beauty n. (compare beauty n. II.). In use as adjective (see B.) perhaps shortened < beautiful adj.; compare later beauty adj. 3.
colloquial.
A. n. Originally U.S., Australian, and New Zealand.
1. A beautiful person. Also: any admirable person, whether physically attractive or not (cf. beauty n. 4c). Frequently ironic.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing
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Arabian birda1616
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phoenicle1711
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first-raterc1760
no slouch of1767
nailer1806
tip-topper1822
ripper1825
ripstaver1828
apotheosis1832
clinker1836
clipper1836
bird1839
keener1839
ripsnorter1840
beater1845
firecracker1845
pumpkin1845
screamer1846
stunner1847
bottler1855
beaut1866
bobby-dazzler1866
one out of the box1867
stem-winder1875
corker1877
trimmer1878
hot stuff1884
daisy1886
jim-dandy1887
cracker1891
jim-hickey1895
peacherino1896
pippin1897
alpha plus1898
peacherine1900
pip1900
humdinger1905
bosker1906
hummer1907
good egg1914
superstar1914
the berries1918
bee's knee1923
the cat's whiskers1923
smash1923
smash hit1923
brahma1925
dilly1935
piss-cutter1935
killer1937
killer-diller1938
a hard act to follow1942
peacheroo1942
bitch1946
brammerc1950
hot shit1960
Tiffany1973
bollocks1981
1866 ‘F. Kirkland’ Pictorial Bk. Anecd. 178/1 Hopeful is not a beauty..and though some of the rustic wits call him ‘Beaut’, he is well aware that they intend it for irony.
1896 G. Ade Artie i. 5 They was beauts too; you could n't beat 'em, not in a thousand years.
1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 272 I know that gang of card sharps,..an' they're a bunch of butes at that!
1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 318 His curlin' locks was matted an' mucilaged..an' from under his beetlin' brows..glared eyes with vi'lence an' crime in every glance. Verily, Aconite was a beaut!
1944 Coast to Coast 98 ‘We're a pair of beauts,’ he said with the semblance of a grin.
1989 N.Y. Woman Oct. 58/2 I had fallen into that old mustache-twirling cliché of thinking that just because she was a beaut she couldn't have a responsible position.
2005 GQ Sept. 154/1 Charles is an interesting person and the Princes are beauts.
2. A beautiful or impressive thing or animal. Also: an outstanding or (ironically) egregious example of something (cf. beauty n. 5d).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person
fairnesseOE
roseOE
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beautifulness?1574
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firecracker1852
beaut1896
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing
starOE
dainty1340
daisyc1485
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bravery1583
paragon1585
daint1633
rapper1653
supernaculum1704
dandy1785
roarer1813
sneezer1823
plum1825
trimmer1827
sockdolager1838
rasper1844
dinger1861
job1863
fizzer1866
champagne1880
beauty1882
pie1884
twanger1889
smasher1894
crackerjack1895
Taj Mahal1895
beaut1896
pearler1901
lollapalooza1904
bearcat1909
beaner1911
grande dame1915
Rolls-Royce1916
the nuts1917
pipperoo1939
rubydazzler1941
rumpty1941
rumptydooler1941
snodger1941
sockeroo1942
sweetheart1942
zinger1955
blue-chipper1957
ring-a-ding1959
premier cru1965
sharpie1970
stormer1978
1896 Churchman 1 Feb. 163/1 Look at the horses, Sib, aren't they just ‘beauts’?
1906 Truth (Sydney) 21 Oct. 2/7 Twig his boko. It's a beaut.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xiii. 139 I seemed to be getting a lot of steam behind the punch... I got those two bozoes a couple of beauts!
1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 Apr. The third paragraph is a beaut. For obscurity it has no equal.
1993 S. Palwick Flying in Place 61 He's going to have a real beaut of a coronary one of these days.
2011 Independent on Sunday 24 Apr. (New Review) 3/4 It's one thing to openly criticise my lumpy face, quite another to question the aesthetic prowess of my bike. Which is, I'll add, a beaut.
B. adj. Originally U.S., now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
Beautiful; (also) excellent, impressive, admirable. Also ironic.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective]
smickerc725
faireOE
lieflyOE
sheenOE
wenlichc1000
wlitic1000
lovesomec1175
lustya1240
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lovelya1400
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finec1450
pulchriousa1500
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shanda1525
speciosea1525
pulchrousc1540
bonny1580
beauty1598
lovelike1621
killing1634
florid1642
beautied1830
stunning1849
fairsome1862
pulchritudinous1877
beaut1894
loverly1907
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
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noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
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thrivena1350
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gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
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burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
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virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
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brawc1565
of worth1576
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surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
1894 Nassau Literary Mag. (Princeton Univ.) June 117 That young Freshman..has a ‘beaut punkin’ who's a ‘winner’.
1918 L. J. Villiers Changing Year 8 Twould be beaut Ter 'ave the cow w'ere he mus' foller suit.
1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach ii. 71 It's been a beaut evening.
1964 N. B. Harvey Any Old Dollars Mister 67 He trotted down into the surf and did a beaut belly flop into the water.
1985 P. Ziegler Mountbatten ii. xxvii. 343 She's a beaut, but he's more beaut.
2013 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 22 May 26 She is absolutely thrilled at the beaut job the workmen have done.
C. adv. Australian and New Zealand.
In a very pleasing manner; beautifully, admirably, very well.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
1953 Sydney Morning Herald 15 Dec. 2/7 I can talk beaut now.
1981 P. Radley Jack Rivers & Me xvii.162 You sang beaut tonight, Muriel.
2000 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 30 July (Business section) 3 Any list of Kiwi battlers doing real beaut.
D. int. Australian and New Zealand.
Expressing approval or pleasure; = beauty int.
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1954 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 25 Apr. 48/3Beaut!’ exclaimed Howard.., one of the eight boys [in the audience].
1981 C. Wallace-Crabbe Splinters 22 ‘And could somebody type these three letters for me?’.. ‘OK, Mr Bessier. I'm not particularly busy.’.. ‘Beaut. Thanks.’
2010 A. Powell Sex, Power & Consent iv. 59 They'd be like, ‘Oh my gosh’, but guys would be like ‘Oh beaut mate’.

Phrases

Australian and New Zealand. you beaut.
a. Expressing pleasure or approval. Cf. you beauty at beauty n. Phrases 1e. In early use often in direct address; later a more generalized exclamation.
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1914 N.Z. Truth 22 Aug. 7/3 ‘You Beaut!’ bawled the bookies when The Chief outed Bercola in the Lincoln Steeplechase.
1945 A. W. Upfield Death of Swagman 202 The sergeant's gruff voice repeated and repeated: ‘You beaut! You little beaut!’
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 22 The bushie grabbed a plate and headed for the camp oven. ‘You beaut,’ he said. ‘Coffee'll do.’
1989 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 23 Dec. 13 A year or more ago, such a figure [sc. a $1.6 billion deficit] would have been thought appalling. Now we think: ‘You beaut, it's not as bad as it was.’
2008 K. Greenwood Murder on Midsummer Night (2009) 210 The table was laid buffet style... ‘You beaut!’ he enthused. ‘What a spread!’
b. As an adjectival phrase: beautiful; excellent, highly impressive.
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1961 J. Olsen (title of painting) Journey into the you beaut country no. 1.
1997 J. B. L. Chan Changing Police Culture ix. 202 It's a bit like saying I've got a ‘you beaut’ Mickey Mouse intelligence system and everyone says, oh, that'll be the answer to everything.
2008 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 11 July He was the next you-beaut, whiz-bang new thing on the jumping scene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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