| 单词 | elegant |
| 释义 | elegant (once / 209 pages) adj Nimble ballerinas and long-legged birds are elegant; dump trucks and walruses usually are not. Being graceful and refined are aspects of being elegant. That word first appears in English in the 15th century. It comes, via Old French, from the same Latin source that gave rise to the English word "elect, and it does seem that especially elegant people and things are in a select group. Very stylishly dressed men and women are elegant, and fine restaurants with distinctive delicacies are elegant. Most ordinary places and people can become elegant, though, when dressed up or adorned for special occasions. Even walruses can appear elegant when they're swimming. WORD FAMILYelegant: elegance, eleganter, elegantest, elegantly, inelegant+/elegance: elegances/inelegance: inelegances/inelegant: inelegance, ineleganter, inelegantly USAGE EXAMPLESAnother Apple hallmark — elegant design — is also a core value. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I remembered seeing the girls on the red carpet: elegant, smiling, fresh, happy,” Mr. Soria said. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Elegant drawings of religious iconography adorned the margins, adding to the artifact’s elegance. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style elegant handwriting an elegant dark suit she was elegant to her fingertips small churches with elegant white spires an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid Syn|Ant dignified having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance dandified, dandyish, foppishaffecting extreme elegance in dress and manner de luxe, deluxe, luxeelegant and sumptuous finecharacterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment high-class, high-tonedpretentiously elegant exquisite, recherchelavishly elegant and refined neat, refined, tastefulfree from what is tawdry or unbecoming ritzyluxuriously elegant soigne, soigneepolished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance gracefulcharacterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution refined(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire tastefulhaving or showing or conforming to good taste inelegant lacking in refinement or grace or good taste undignifiedlacking dignity gauche, graceless, unpolishedlacking social polish homelywithout artificial refinement or elegance unrefined(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth tactless, untactfullacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others tastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste 2adj suggesting taste, ease, and wealth Syn graceful, refined gracious characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit 3adj displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution an elegant dancer an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise Syn graceful characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution |
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