单词 | glamorous |
释义 | glamorousglam‧or‧ous /ˈɡlæmərəs/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwoman► beautiful Collocations 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. ► good-looking 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. ► pretty 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? ► attractive 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. ► nice-looking 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. ► cute 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. ► gorgeous 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! ► glamorous 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 ► stunning 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. ► elegant 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. ► striking 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. ► lovely 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. ► ravishing 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. ► a woman of great beauty written a very beautiful woman: · In her youth she had been a woman of great beauty. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as attractive, exciting, and related to wealth and success: She led an exciting and glamorous life. the most glamorous neighborhood in the city On television, she looks so glamorous.· He had never considered girls as glamorous as these to be within his range.· The wives might not have quite as glamorous a job as their husbands flying the planes.· Actually it's not as glamorous as it looks.· The Volkswagen Passat was about as glamorous as a visit to the supermarket, which was what it was principally used for.· The same applies to Scrash, although they're about as glamorous as a donkey on Skegness beach and marginally less attractive.· The job was looked upon as glamorous and attracted some deb-types.· It never looks half as glamorous today, now that the motive power is diesel.· Above all, we still find the role of Diana as glamorous heroine appealing. ► less· In person they looked somehow smaller than he had expected, less glamorous, certainly younger.· Yet the woman who finds a genuinely protective mate in a less glamorous man may still feel romantically deprived.· They are, of course, gentler than Archdeacon Grantly; more democratic, less worldly and less glamorous.· The term Rabari, they felt, was less glamorous than Raika, even derisive.· I could have said that their way of life would slowly become less and less glamorous, more and more morally debilitating.· There is a far less glamorous side to Warne, however.· The colder facts about the patterns of career destinations for the bulk of social science graduates are less glamorous but more diverse.· Consequently, many young people now see choral singing as less glamorous and challenging than playing in an ensemble. ► more· There is more glamorous mountain scenery ahead, but this unfortunately is not the way to Zurich.· Young people were available, but they were being attracted to more glamorous occupations.· Robert Maxwell had a military career more glamorous than Blackett's.· For a more glamorous style, hair was brushed out after it had been set.· But a win will bring them more glamorous and more lucrative opposition. ► most· The evening clothes were most glamorous.· But the most glamorous were to come.· The ruthless harvesting of some of the most glamorous species eventually developed its own evil logic.· It appears that no one wants to own the most glamorous, star-studded, spooky cemetery in all of Los Angeles.· An evening meeting on a Tuesday at Kempton is not one of racing's most glamorous occasions.· It was Hollywood's most glamorous studio.· Originally designed as freight ships, these may not be the most glamorous vessels afloat, but are pleasantly spacious.· This was certainly not the most glamorous or heroic of episodes. ► so· Not everything that Paula had to do was quite so glamorous, however.· Never before has charity been so glamorous. ► very· A junior minister in one of the less important departments has no very glamorous task. |
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