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释义
beautifulbeau‧ti‧ful /ˈbjuːtəfəl/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • "Do you like the house?" "Like it? It's beautiful!"
  • a beautiful bird with bright blue feathers
  • a beautiful catch
  • a beautiful woman!
  • a restaurant with beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples
  • Cornwall has some of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Britain.
  • Florence is such a beautiful city.
  • How did two people like Sara and Rob have such beautiful children?
  • Karen was even more beautiful than I had remembered.
  • Parents always believe that their baby is the most beautiful baby in the world.
  • She has a beautiful smile.
  • Standing in the doorway was a beautiful woman with long black hair and green eyes.
  • That's a beautiful dog. What kind is he?
  • The scenery was incredibly beautiful.
  • You look beautiful tonight.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And she was wearing a beautiful pair of sapphire earrings Zack had bought her in London.
  • Big can be beautiful, and surprisingly few of the buildings here display the empty pedantry conspicuous in contemporary paintings and sculpture.
  • It reminded him of his homeland, his beautiful land of mountains and lakes.
  • Now she was under a Christmas tree, the most beautiful and best-decorated tree she could imagine.
  • She found it practical as well as beautiful.
  • The mountains and the lake were calm and beautiful, and at last Elizabeth and I were together.
  • Their beautiful movement and artistic sign language adds a new dimension to the production.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSperson
a beautiful woman or child has perfect good looks: · Grace Kelly was a very beautiful woman.· a beautiful baby
a good-looking person looks nice. Good-looking is very common in spoken English: · He’s a good-looking guy, but he’s a bit boring.· Do you think she’s good-looking?
an attractive person looks nice, especially in a way that makes you feel sexually interested in them: · She’s a very attractive woman.· A lot of women find him attractive.
a pretty girl or woman looks nice – used especially about a woman who has a nice face: · You look pretty with your hair down.· She has a very pretty face.
a handsome man or boy looks nice – used especially about a man who has a nice face. Handsome is also sometimes used, especially in literature, to describe a woman who is good-looking and has a strong face: · He was tall, dark, and handsome.· She was a big, handsome woman.
spoken extremely attractive. Gorgeous is used especially by women: · She thinks Brad Pitt is gorgeous.· You look absolutely stunning in that dress!
spoken nice to look at – used about animals, babies, children, and young adults: · a cute little puppy· She thinks you’re cute!
spoken used when saying that someone looks very nice: · You look lovely tonight.
place/thing etc
used to describe something that looks, feels, sounds etc so good that it gives you a lot of pleasure: · a beautiful tropical beach· a beautiful song· The weather was beautiful.
spoken used when saying that something looks, feels, or sounds very nice: · What a lovely day!· a lovely voice· a lovely perfume
pleasant to look at – often used about things that are not big or impressive: · a pretty little pink dress· a pretty village
pleasant to look at. Attractive sounds more formal than pretty: · an attractive white-painted cottage with green shutters· an attractive city
very big, beautiful, and impressive – used about buildings, objects, and views: · The Taj Mahal always looks magnificent.· a magnificent Persian carpet· There were magnificent views over the old city.
written pleasant to look at – used in written descriptions of towns, buildings, and places: · the picturesque harbour town of Castleton· Regensburg Cathedral occupies a picturesque position on the River Danube in Bavaria.
extremely beautiful and impressive – used especially about views: · All around is a stunning view of Cape Town.· The landscape is breathtaking.
used to describe things that have very beautiful small details, especially things that have been made with a lot of skill: · an exquisite piece of jewellery· an exquisite flower· an exquisite picture of a bird of paradise
designed in a way that looks very attractive and has a lot of style: · an elegant Neo-Classical building· a long and elegant staircase
Longman Language Activatorwoman
use this about a woman who is extremely attractive in a way that is fairly unusual and special, so that people notice and admire her: · Standing in the doorway was a beautiful woman with long black hair and green eyes.· Karen was even more beautiful than I had remembered.· She has a beautiful smile.· You look beautiful tonight.
use this about a woman who is nice to look at and has an attractive face and body: · Ginny was tall and good-looking.· A good-looking young woman in a business suit came into the room.· She seems to get better-looking the older she gets.
use this about a young woman or girl who has an attractive face and is good-looking, but not in an unusual way: · Maureen's really pretty, isn't she?· A pretty girl like you should have a boyfriend.· She has a pretty face.· Doesn't she look pretty with her hair up?
use this about a woman who is good-looking, especially in a way that makes people sexually interested in her: · Frances was a charming and attractive girl.· Bob's wife is a very attractive womanfind somebody attractive: · A lot of men find plump women attractive.
especially spoken use this about a woman who looks pleasant and friendly but is not extremely pretty: · My mother was always a nice-looking woman.
especially American, spoken use this about a girl or young woman who is pretty and sexually attractive: · Do you like Jill Anderson? I think she's cute!· Heidi is the cutest girl in my class.
especially spoken use this to emphasize that a woman is extremely attractive, in a sexual way: · That woman on "Baywatch" - I think she's gorgeous.· You look absolutely gorgeous in that dress!
use this about a woman who looks like a beautiful actress or as if she is very rich, and has an attractive body and wears expensive clothes: · The picture showed a glamorous young woman sitting in a sports car.· glamorous Hollywood movie stars of the 1950s
use this about a woman who is extremely beautiful and sexually attractive, in a way that everyone notices and admires: · Men always stared when she looked good, and today she was stunning.· Mother came out of her room, looking stunning in her silk dressing gown.
use this about a woman who is tall and attractive, and wears clothes that are simple but have a lot of good style: · An elegant young woman sat at the next table, sipping a cocktail.· Jody manages to look elegant, even in a simple pantsuit.
use this about a woman who is very attractive, especially because she has a particular feature that is beautiful and unusual: · Even at 75, Alice is still a striking woman.· Celia had striking brown eyes like some Russian icon.· With her mass of black hair and pale skin she looked very striking.
especially British if a woman looks lovely , she looks very attractive: · He told his wife that evening that she had never looked lovelier.· Claire was young and lovely, but rather shy.
very good-looking and sexually attractive - used especially in humorous descriptions: · The farmer had three daughters, all three blonde and ravishing.· Cynthia looked positively ravishing this evening.
written a very beautiful woman: · In her youth she had been a woman of great beauty.
man
use this about a man who is nice to look at but in a fairly ordinary way: · Paul is very good-looking, but he's too arrogant.· She showed me a photo of a good-looking young soldier.
especially written use this about a man who is good-looking, especially one who is tall and looks strong: · Lena had fallen in love with a rich, handsome Frenchman.· My brother was two years older than me, taller, and more handsome.· He looks really handsome in his uniform, doesn't he?
use this about a man who is good-looking, especially in a way that makes people sexually interested in him: · He was a tall attractive man in his mid-forties.find somebody attractive: · I don't find those body-builders with huge muscles attractive at all.
especially American, spoken use this about a young man who looks nice and is sexually attractive: kind of cute spoken: · I don't know why she won't go out with him. I think he's kind of cute.
especially spoken use this to emphasize that a man is extremely attractive in a sexual way: · Look at that guy over there. Isn't he gorgeous?
especially spoken use this about a man who looks pleasant and friendly but is not extremely attractive: · I suppose he's quite nice-looking, but he's not really my type.· Chris is a nice-looking guy with a good sense of humor.
informal very attractive and strong-looking: · Have you seen the new sports instructor? He's really hunky.· The show stars hunky Kevin Sorbo as Hercules.
good-looking with strong features that are often not perfect: · Ann admired his rugged good looks.· He was solidly built and looked like a rugged quarterback.
very attractive, especially because you have a particular feature that is attractive and unusual: · He had a striking profile, with a large nose that reminded people of a Roman statue.
to be a strong-looking, attractive man - used especially in humorous descriptions: · Her husband was a fine figure of a man - tall, broad-chested and with a bushy black moustache.
good-looking and well-dressed in a way that makes people notice you - used especially in literature: · She left her family to move to Argentina with her lover, a dashing polo player.· Steve was looking very dashing in a light-coloured suit.
child
use this about a child who is so good-looking that everyone notices and admires him or her: · Parents always believe that their baby is the most beautiful baby in the world.· How did two people like Sara and Rob have such beautiful children?
especially British use this about a child who looks nice and has a pleasant, friendly character: · They've got three lovely kids.· Rosie's a lovely baby.· Don't the Schultz sisters look lovely?
informal use this about a child who looks attractive and has a happy or amusing character: · He's really naughty, but he's so cute.· You were such a cute baby!· Doesn't he look cute in that baseball cap!
animal
use this about an animal that looks extremely attractive and impressive: · a beautiful bird with bright blue feathers· That's a beautiful dog. What kind is he?
use this about an animal that is attractive, especially because it is small or is brightly coloured: pretty bird/fish/cat/feathers/fur etc: · They had an aquarium with lots of pretty little fish.
also sweet especially British use this about a pet or a baby animal that looks nice in a way that makes people want to look after it: · cute little kittens· She has a funny old dog - he's really sweet!
use this about an animal or a large bird that is very beautiful and impressive because it is large and strong or beautifully coloured: · The horse was a magnificent creature with a gleaming jet black coat.· a magnificent golden eagle· The Siberian Tiger is a magnificent animal.
thing/building
also lovely especially British use this about a thing or building that looks extremely good, and gives you a feeling of pleasure: · "Do you like the house?" "Like it? It's beautiful!"· Thanks for the flowers - they're lovely!· This is one of Europe's loveliest churches.
use this about an object that is small and delicate, or things in your home such as curtains and carpets: · The room was decorated with pretty wallpaper with yellow flowers on it.· What a pretty watch!
very beautiful and very impressive - use this about a large and impressive building or piece of furniture, especially an old one: · The room was dominated by a magnificent four-poster bed.· a magnificent 15th century castle
extremely beautiful and of the highest quality: · The lilies we got from the flower market were absolutely superb.· a superb collection of Chinese porcelain· In the center of the crown is a superb diamond.
especially British, spoken use this about a beautiful thing that you admire very much: · I love your dress! It's such a gorgeous colour!· The apartment had been furnished in rich, deep colors and gorgeous fabrics.
very beautiful - use this about jewellery or other things that have been designed with a lot of care and made with a lot of skill: · an exquisite handcarved ivory brooch· The sets and costumes for the dance performance were exquisite.
use this about a building, a piece of furniture, or a piece of clothing that is beautifully designed in a simple but usually expensive way: · We first met him at an elegant hotel in the uptown district of Manhattan.· an elegant rosewood dining table· She was wearing an elegant black suit.
pleasant to look at: · Kitchen utensils should be attractive as well as functional.· This attractive book is an ideal gift for any young baseball fan.
especially British pleasant to look at: · The dress was such a lovely colour, a deep blue that really suited her.· It was a lovely big house with a big garden out the back.
written something such as a building, piece of furniture, or work of art that is splendid is beautiful and impressive: · In the centre of the room was a splendid 18th century oak table.· Wealthy nobles inhabited splendid villas in the surrounding countryside.
something that is stunning is very beautiful so that everyone notices and admires it: · Rafaella wore a stunning white satin wedding gown.· Knox's metal statues are stunning.
an arrangement, design etc that is artistic looks attractive and has been done with skill and imagination: · I love your Christmas decorations - they're very artistic.· The food was presented in an artistic way.
place/countryside/view
use this about a place that everyone admires and likes to visit: · Florence is such a beautiful city.· Cornwall has some of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Britain.· a restaurant with beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples
especially British use this about a place that is beautiful in a way that makes you feel relaxed and gives you a lot of pleasure: · The hills will be lovely at this time of year.· You are so lucky to live here with all this lovely countryside around you.· The garden was looking lovely.
use this about a view that is extremely beautiful and extremely impressive: · The view from the top of the mountain was stunning.· We got a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge.· The ruins of Angkor Wat are truly breathtaking.
use this about an area where there are beautiful, large, and impressive mountains, valleys, rivers etc: · The location of the town along the river is magnificent.· the magnificent mountains around Lake Titicaca
use this about a village or town that is pretty in an old-fashioned way: · We visited the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver.· He rents a small house in the picturesque old quarter of town.
use this about a road that goes through beautiful countryside: · We travelled to the coast by a very scenic route.· a scenic road through the Welsh mountains
pleasant to look at but not really impressive: · We walked down the pretty, tree-lined avenue.· a pretty village on the Suffolk border
British an area or place that people visit because it is especially beautiful: · There are several beauty spots to visit in Crete.· People were protesting because the council planned to build a new road through Burleigh Wood, a local beauty spot.
a beautiful appearance
the beautiful appearance of a place or person: · the beauty of the countryside in spring· He had written a poem about Sylvia, praising her charm and beauty.of great beauty (=very beautiful) formal: · I found the temple a place of great beauty.
someone's attractive appearance: · With his dark good looks, Jason could have been a TV star.
dressed, arranged, decorated etc in a beautiful way
· This is a beautifully illustrated book.· The flowers were placed in a beautifully decorated vase.· "What do you think about the garden?" "You've done it beautifully!"
in a way that is pleasant to look at: · Helen is always prettily dressed.· Marie arranged the radishes prettily on a plate.
in a way that makes something very pleasant to look at, especially in order to make people want it: · We hope to sell goods by packaging them attractively.· All her friends were younger, prettier and more attractively dressed.
in a beautiful way that is simple, but usually expensive: · Tom's mother was an elegantly dressed gray-haired woman.· The bedroom was elegantly decorated with deep-blue and gold wallpaper.
in a very delicate, careful, and beautiful way: · In the box was a pair of exquisitely shaped old earrings.· The tiny china doll was exquisitely ornate.
in a way that looks attractive and has been done with a lot of skill and imagination: · Red and blue flowers were artistically arranged to form a pattern.
good weather
· Did you have good weather in France?· The weather report says the weather should be good over the weekend.· The weather was a bit better in the second week.
especially British, spoken pleasantly warm and with plenty of sun: · Morning, Bill. Nice weather, isn't it?· It's a nice day - why don't we go for a walk?
also lovely especially British especially spoken warm and with a lot of sun: · a beautiful sunny morning· a glorious summer· What a lovely morning!
British if the weather is fine , it is not raining and the sky is clear: · Next week will be fine but a little cooler.· a fine summer evening
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(also a fine/handsome building British English)· The old station was a fine building, but has sadly been demolished.
· The countryside between the Alpine villages is stunning.
· The buffalo is a magnificent creature.
(=with very nice weather)· It was a beautiful day yesterday, wasn’t it?
· Her face was beautiful in the morning light.
· They admired the lovely flowers in the garden.
· He wrote, in his lovely handwriting, a letter asking Ramsey to visit him.
(=very good manners)· Her children have excellent manners.
· Outside it was a beautiful morning.
· The scenery was beautiful and the people were really friendly.
· The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.
· She had beautiful brown skin.
· It was glorious weather, so we decided to go for a picnic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· My parents remembered her and often spoke of her, saying that her flight was as beautiful as an autumn sunset.· I never saw anything as beautiful as that stone you were carving.· Big is no longer seen as beautiful.· She was as beautiful as ever.· The mountains are at least as beautiful as he suggests.· The sheds were as beautiful as I remembered them.· Nothing as beautiful as this could be wrong, he told himself.· Megan Wai-la was as beautiful as the elegant Jennifer Sung-ah, but was poorly dressed.
· I can not tell you how beautiful is Tacita Dean's film of this house she found by accident.· He was there, on campus, an hour early. How beautiful it was!· Gazing down, Luke thought how beautiful she was despite the tear-stains and the swollen eyelids.· Just think about how beautiful it is there, full of angels and lovely light.· He wanted to make people aware of how beautiful the fish were and why they should be nurtured.· First time viewers of such work will be astonished by how beautiful they are.· Sometimes it's so they can moon around and say how beautiful it all was and pretend they're still lifers there.· The hungry wolf pointed out how beautiful the forest was and suggested she slow down and look around.
· And if we're wicked and shouldn't be seen, why are we becoming more beautiful?· She was smart and probably more beautiful than wise, a woman who saw passion as life itself.· Far more beautiful, replied Léonie.· Therefore I find them incomparably more beautiful than the domesticated varieties.· As he went into the garden, Nick thought she had never looked more beautiful or more desirable.· The next day, Ashputtel went to the festival again and looked even more beautiful than ever.· Earth was more beautiful than she could have imagined; it didn't seem fair when everyone was out to kill her.
· It was without doubt the most beautiful thing she had ever owned, or ever would.· The Goddess of Love and Beauty knew very well where the most beautiful woman on earth was to be found.· You have been allocated to one of the most beautiful planets created.· It was just beautiful the most beautiful night of my life.· Fortunately, the easiest species to start with are also among the most beautiful.· You are the most beautiful golfer this club has ever seen.· She was the most beautiful girl in the entire school.· This must surely be one of the most beautiful forms of propaganda.
· We started off at Saffron Walden which has a castle some really beautiful old buildings.· And come up with an elegant, really beautiful solution that works.· She hardly looked to be thirty; she looked beautiful, really beautiful.· They are really beautiful and I really think he should have them.· In the process we may find that bald is really beautiful after all.· Three really beautiful evening dresses, each individually wrapped in the black tissue-paper.· What I had chanced upon was a mile race of six glorious runners, a really beautiful thing.
· No city she had ever walked in was half so beautiful.· It's so beautiful it's sort of scary - you know, feeling so excited at the lights.· On television she was so beautiful and glamorous, and here she looked so tired and almost old.· And the scenery here in Yorkshire is so beautiful!· He was dead and Apollo kneeling beside him wept for him, dying so young, so beautiful.· It struck me that there was nothing there half so beautiful as the vision just presented by its derelict predecessor.· The entire disc swings to the rafters with that special Monk oddness -- oh so beautiful, oh so unique.
· I found them very beautiful, and so those weeks with Chris set the cast of my life.· For the first time she saw that he was no longer ugly or misshapen or grotesque, but very beautiful.· One was a very beautiful blonde and the man with her was tall and fair too, almost as fair as Mitch.· It was a very beautiful morning for flying.· There is nothing to suggest that she was very clever, very holy, very gifted or very beautiful.· I was beginning to feel very beautiful.· Ducks are very beautiful, a riot of colour.· The song is haunting and very beautiful.
NOUN
· This beautiful city of parks and flowers boasts one of the most impressive parliament buildings in the world.· Tourism will increase in an aesthetically and ecologically beautiful city.· Prague before 1939 was a beautiful city.· The beautiful city of Norwich, and Peterborough with its cathedral and excellent shops, are both within 50 miles.· The trip provides seven hours in one of the world's most beautiful cities.· The beautiful city of York is 40 miles away.· It isn't a particularly beautiful city in the sense that Paris, London or Dublin are.· But, seriously, to me Cork is a beautiful city.
· Recommended to anyone keen to delve beneath the stock images of this troubled but beautiful country.· He shared a popular corporate dream: Opening a restaurant in some beautiful country town.· Take a little tour in our beautiful country - sit in the sunshine - drink some wine.· Fine people; a beautiful country.· The emphasis there is not on staying indoors, but on learning how to enjoy a sunny, beautiful country and survive.· Would you like to see our beautiful country, Mrs Harland?· The roads are sinuous but almost empty, and they will take you through some of the most beautiful country in Provence.
· His doe's a beautiful creature, too.· Dominic remains, I would say, a preposterously beautiful creature.· The Copper Beech Naiads were the most beautiful creatures any of them had ever seen.· To me, Dominic was always a beautiful creature.· It is the same with visual responses to light and darkness, to summer and winter, to beautiful creatures or plants.· They were beautiful creatures with red legs, black head and thorax, and black white-ringed antennae.· Even if I break your cage, I can't reach you, beautiful creature!· At the sight they forgot the goddess and turned in pursuit of the beautiful creature.
· It was a limpid, beautiful day, and she was a little bit in love.· It was a warm and beautiful day for hitchhiking.· When I first saw Moila it was on a beautiful day in the last week of June.· Did I mention that it was a beautiful day?· It was such a beautiful day and suddenly he became aware of a surge of relief not to be in London.· A great heat wave descended; it was a beautiful day, the sun turned red at three.· It looked like another beautiful day out there.· It was a beautiful day, and the junk was absolutely full of all her old friends.
· Photography is 80 percent casting, and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face.· I first saw him when he was about eight, a child with a beautiful face and long, black eyelashes.· Dame Agatha was waiting there, her beautiful face pale, eyes concerned.· A beautiful face was far more important then than a good figure.· Lucy's beautiful face was agonised.· She has a beautiful face, and enormous dignity.· Apart from Maeve's, he had never seen such a beautiful face.
· She stared at the beautiful garden beyond the terrace, fighting the inclination to weep.· I am pretending that I am creating a beautiful garden.· Using the evidence of extensive archaeology, a remarkable and beautiful garden has been created.· It was served outside in the most beautiful garden I have ever seen.· Every beautiful garden has its secrets.· The once beautiful gardens were nothing but dry brush, and the chicken coops were broken and falling down.· Lesser known are its beautiful gardens in Stanley Park.· Alton Towers, 10 miles away, is the largest leisure park in the country and combines a mini-Disneyland with beautiful gardens.
· Now with the beautiful girl as naked model he works again - and disrupts his life.· What they usually hoard and guard in this way are beautiful girls and treasures of gold.· A very beautiful girl, an honest, country girl.· From a variety of angles, the movie makes its point about beautiful girls, without ever hitting us over the head.· There was a beautiful girl, a prince and a wicked uncle.· Come to me, My beautiful girl.· He had never seen such a beautiful girl in all his life.· Around a pine table sat a beautiful girl with two men.
· That large estate and this beautiful house - all to be yours one day.· It was the most beautiful house I had ever seen.· We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum, a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen.· The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.· He lived in beautiful houses, travelled the world in the greatest of comfort, and wanted for nothing.· But before she died, she had the most wonderful visions visions of a beautiful house, visions of her deceased grandmother.· I have a beautiful house overlooking St Ives Bay.· There were lights in some of the beautiful houses on either side but all of them were upstairs.
· Quite apart from that, we want to see beautiful people that are pleasing to the eye.· A lot of beautiful people are stupid.· The nightclub was dark and exclusive and filled with beautiful people.· Buy the car, become one of the beautiful people, the ad suggests.· I knew then that I could not let these beautiful people see me.· There are fewer beautiful people out there who want to get up close and impersonal with us.· We want to see beautiful people we can be envious of, not ordinary folk who remind us of ourselves.· There is a reason that beautiful people are attractive.
· Unfortunately, as with so many beautiful places, there is a civil war going on there at the moment.· Two centuries ago, the Catskills were a beautiful place and they still are.· It's a very beautiful place where the friendly feel of the climbs reflects the gentle scenery.· You find yourself in one of the most beautiful places in the world.· The faith is in the belief that women, left to themselves, would make the world a beautiful place to live.· We stayed in a sixteenth-century palace in the ancient walled city of Mdina, a beautiful place.· Ownership by the Trust is often the surest way of guaranteeing the preservation of beautiful places of national importance.· Sometimes doubling over in anguish, Vega described her murdered cousin as a beautiful person who has gone to a beautiful place.
· But I'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things.· Are you fancying that there are all sorts of wonders up there, cities of the gods full of beautiful things?· Really they are the most beautiful things in the world.· All things in heaven and earth were mysteriously linked with the divine powers, but beautiful things most of all.· And snowflakes were huge beautiful things that were hung from the ceilings on bits of thread.· Fenella's first thought was that the Robes were the most beautiful things she had ever seen.· We love it for all the beautiful things that the police can neither offer nor take away-particularly a superb concept like rahma.
· The Health Secretary posed for the lens of the famous photographer of beautiful women, Terry O'Neill.· There were soldiers who died bravely, and beautiful women who fell in love.· Rapunzel herself became the most beautiful woman in the world.· One of them was a strikingly beautiful woman in her mid-thirties.· And it helps to know it happens to beautiful women, too.· Co-star Jeff Bridges is a hapless Columbia math professor who turns to jelly in the presence of beautiful women.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Dominic remains, I would say, a preposterously beautiful creature.
  • Drank five margaritas and waxed poetic about my screenplay to some adorable creature.
  • His doe's a beautiful creature, too.
  • I was there till I was eighteen: marriage would be fun; husbands were adorable creatures.
  • It is the same with visual responses to light and darkness, to summer and winter, to beautiful creatures or plants.
  • The Copper Beech Naiads were the most beautiful creatures any of them had ever seen.
  • They were beautiful creatures with red legs, black head and thorax, and black white-ringed antennae.
  • To me, Dominic was always a beautiful creature.
► be a (beautiful/strange/frightening etc) sight to behold
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounbeauticianbeautyadjectivebeautifuladverbbeautifully
1someone or something that is beautiful is extremely attractive to look at:  She was even more beautiful than I had remembered. a beautiful bunch of flowers2very good or giving you great pleasure SYN  lovely:  beautiful music What a beautiful shot! The weather was beautiful.► see thesaurus at good—beautifully adverbGRAMMAR: Order of adjectivesIf there is more than one adjective, the adjectives are usually used in a fixed order.You say: · It’s a beautiful old village. ✗Don’t say: It’s an old beautiful village.You say: · He has beautiful brown eyes. ✗Don’t say: He has brown beautiful eyes.Grammar guide ‒ ADJECTIVESTHESAURUSpersonbeautiful a beautiful woman or child has perfect good looks: · Grace Kelly was a very beautiful woman.· a beautiful babygood-looking a good-looking person looks nice. Good-looking is very common in spoken English: · He’s a good-looking guy, but he’s a bit boring.· Do you think she’s good-looking?attractive an attractive person looks nice, especially in a way that makes you feel sexually interested in them: · She’s a very attractive woman.· A lot of women find him attractive.pretty a pretty girl or woman looks nice – used especially about a woman who has a nice face: · You look pretty with your hair down.· She has a very pretty face.handsome a handsome man or boy looks nice – used especially about a man who has a nice face. Handsome is also sometimes used, especially in literature, to describe a woman who is good-looking and has a strong face: · He was tall, dark, and handsome.· She was a big, handsome woman.gorgeous/stunning spoken extremely attractive. Gorgeous is used especially by women: · She thinks Brad Pitt is gorgeous.· You look absolutely stunning in that dress!cute spoken nice to look at – used about animals, babies, children, and young adults: · a cute little puppy· She thinks you’re cute!lovely spoken used when saying that someone looks very nice: · You look lovely tonight.place/thing etcbeautiful used to describe something that looks, feels, sounds etc so good that it gives you a lot of pleasure: · a beautiful tropical beach· a beautiful song· The weather was beautiful.lovely spoken used when saying that something looks, feels, or sounds very nice: · What a lovely day!· a lovely voice· a lovely perfumepretty pleasant to look at – often used about things that are not big or impressive: · a pretty little pink dress· a pretty villageattractive pleasant to look at. Attractive sounds more formal than pretty: · an attractive white-painted cottage with green shutters· an attractive citymagnificent very big, beautiful, and impressive – used about buildings, objects, and views: · The Taj Mahal always looks magnificent.· a magnificent Persian carpet· There were magnificent views over the old city.picturesque written pleasant to look at – used in written descriptions of towns, buildings, and places: · the picturesque harbour town of Castleton· Regensburg Cathedral occupies a picturesque position on the River Danube in Bavaria.stunning/breathtaking extremely beautiful and impressive – used especially about views: · All around is a stunning view of Cape Town.· The landscape is breathtaking.exquisite /ɪkˈskwɪzət, ˈekskwɪ-/ used to describe things that have very beautiful small details, especially things that have been made with a lot of skill: · an exquisite piece of jewellery· an exquisite flower· an exquisite picture of a bird of paradiseelegant designed in a way that looks very attractive and has a lot of style: · an elegant Neo-Classical building· a long and elegant staircase
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