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单词 body beautiful
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body beautiful
c. As a postmodifier, esp. in house beautiful and body beautiful. Originally used for emphasis; now used to imply the obsessive pursuit of an idealized form or vision. In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Christian stays at ‘a very stately Palace..the name whereof was Beautiful’, which is referred to in Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Part (1684) as ‘the House Beautiful’, and hence also by readers of, commentators on, and adapters of Pilgrim's Progress. House beautiful thus became a set phrase in the 18th and 19th cent., in early use alluding or directly referring to Bunyan. Later uses may have been influenced by the interior design magazine House Beautiful, first published in 1896, or by various books of the same title.
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1841 Knickerbocker Dec. 555 From this ‘Delectable Mountain’ and this ‘House Beautiful’ [sc. the estate and mansion of ‘Mr. C—, of Watertown’] we proceeded by fine gravel roads over a succession of similar hills.
1842 W. W. Fyfe in Mrs. Maxwell Renfrewshire Ann. 111 The lady shed tears of joy, and with alacrity took the hand of the knight, and led him to the ‘Garden Beautiful’ below.
1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace II. xx. 306 ‘I must look in at the House Beautiful,’ said Louis.
1880 W. Robinson (title) God's Acre Beautiful or the Cemeteries of the Future.
1883 in O. Wilde Lett. (1962) 151 (title of lecture) The House Beautiful.
1917 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 78/4 Send two cent stamp for ‘The Body Beautiful’ and trial plan today.
1929 Melody Maker Feb. 128 (advt.) The new song-sensation by the writer of ‘Charmaine’. ‘Anita’. ‘The waltz beautiful.’
1985 J. E. Brody Good Food Bk. xv. 229 Forget notions of ‘house beautiful’, and find ways to keep your most-used tools and ingredients as handy as possible.
1992 S. K. Toombs in D. Leder Body in Med. Thought & Pract. iv. 132 This is a culture which glorifies the body beautiful, placing great emphasis on physical fitness, sexuality and youth.
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