| 单词 | beautiful |
| 释义 | beautiful (once / 30 pages) adj The adjective beautiful describes a thing that is pleasing to the senses. Most men think women are beautiful, and most women think babies are beautiful, but if you think you're beautiful, you might be vain. The word beautiful is closely related to the words beauty and beautify, and you'll notice they all share the same beginning, beau-. Almost anything can be described as beautiful because, as the saying goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." So while you may think the brown spotted grass frog is unattractive, a scientist who spends all day studying them may think it's beautiful. WORD FAMILYbeautiful: beautifulest, beautifully+/beauteous: beauteously, beauteousness/beautician: beauticians/beautification: beautifications/beautify: beautification, beautified, beautifies, beautifying/beauty: beauteous, beautician, beauties, beautiful, beautify USAGE EXAMPLESNot only was it so beautiful over there doing that movie, it was great to be with a lot of kids. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) I saw lights and heard beautiful singing and even moved a little. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Usually when someone does stop, it ends up being a beautiful experience. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration a beautiful child beautiful country a beautiful painting a beautiful theory a beautiful party Syn|Ant attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm beauteous(poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight bonnie, bonny, comely, fair, sightlyvery pleasing to the eye dishy(informal British) sexually attractive exquisiteof extreme beauty better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favouredpleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferoushaving great beauty and splendor gorgeousdazzlingly beautiful lovelyappealing to the emotions as well as the eye picturesquesuggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture prettypleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing pretty-prettyostentatiously or inappropriately pretty pulchritudinousused of persons only; having great physical beauty ravishingstunningly beautiful scenicused of locations; having beautiful natural scenery stunningstrikingly beautiful or attractive gracefulcharacterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution pleasinggiving pleasure and satisfaction ugly displeasing to the senses unattractivelacking beauty or charm disfiguredhaving the appearance spoiled evil-lookinghaving an evil appearance fugly(slang) extremely ugly grotesque, monstrousdistorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous hideous, repulsiveso extremely ugly as to be terrifying ill-favored, ill-favouredusually used of a face scrofuloushaving a diseased appearance resembling scrofula unlovely, unpicturesquewithout beauty or charm unsightlyunpleasant to look at awkwardlacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance displeasingcausing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities 2adj (of weather) highly enjoyable what a beautiful day Syn pleasant affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings |
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