| 单词 | beauty contest |
| 释义 | beauty contestnouna competition in which the entrants, usually women, are judged as to physical beauty and sometimes personality and talent, with the winners awarded prizes or titles. Informal. any contest, election, etc., that is decided on the basis of popularity. Origin of beauty contestFirst recorded in 1895–1900 Words nearby beauty contestbeautify, beauty, “Beauty and the Beast”, beautyberry, beauty-bush, beauty contest, Beauty is only skin deep, beauty quark, beauty queen, beauty salon, beauty sleep Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beauty contest
British Dictionary definitions for beauty contestbeauty contest nouna competition in which the participants, usually women, are judged on their attractiveness, with a prize, and often a title, awarded to the winner informal any contest decided on the basis of superficial attractiveness, popularity, etcthe referendum might turn into a party political beauty contest Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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