英语词汇“pretty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pretty
释义	pret·ty I. \ˈpri]d.]ē, ]t], ]i also ˈpu̇r], -R sometimes ˈpu̇]\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English prety, praty, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick + -ig -y; akin to Middle Dutch perte trick, Old Norse prettr 1. a. : marked by or calling for skillful dexterity or artful care and ingenuity especially in coping with some difficult or complicated matter < the most consummate of pretty hypocrites — Lafcadio Hearn > < keeping up with the elusive dictators of fashion is a pretty game — A.L.Guérard > b. : extremely fitting or suitable : pat, apt < as pretty an example … as one can find — Oliver La Farge > 2. a. : pleasing by delicacy or grace : superficially appealing rather than impressively or strikingly beautiful < pretty verses > < pretty little garden > b. : having conventionally accepted elements (as proportion, shape, color) of beauty < her pretty, rather vapid features > c. : enjoyable for melody, lilt, or suggestion, but not intense, grand, or complex < charming to the wise youth her pretty laughter sounded — George Meredith > d. : appearing or sounding pleasant or nice : suggesting charm, grace, or delicacy, but lacking strength, force, manliness, purpose, or intensity < young man with a face that was pretty in a chorus-man way — Dashiell Hammett > < stringing pretty words that make no sense — Elizabeth B. Browning > < pretty fancies of snow and moonlight — Nathaniel Hawthorne > 3. a. (1) : fine, good < a pretty bargain on the car being traded in > (2) : poor, miserable, indefensible — used ironically < a pretty state of affairs > < pretty mess you've made of it > < you're a pretty one to talk about language now — Elinor Wylie > b. archaic Scotland : strong and brave : stout < six to ten pretty men were chosen as town guard — Mairi A. MacDonald > 4. : moderately large : considerable < has a pretty collection of books — Tobias Smollett > < it may involve a pretty sum — T.B.Costain > < a very pretty profit > < his house cost him a pretty penny > 5. of weather : fair, mild, clement < a pretty day for a picnic > Synonyms: see beautiful II. \ˈpu̇(r)], ˈpri], _pə(r)] sometimes ˈpru̇] or -R ˈpu̇] before ‘near’ often ˈpru̇t or ˈprit\ adverb 1. : in some degree : moderately, considerably, tolerably, rather < pretty sure of the fact > < pretty cold weather > < pretty equally matched > < left things pretty much as they were > 2. chiefly dialect : prettily, finely < sang real pretty > III. \pronunc at ¹pretty\ noun (-es) : a pretty person or thing : a pretty one: as a. chiefly South and Midland : toy b. pretties plural : dainty clothes; especially : lingerie IV. transitive verb (prettied ; prettied ; prettying ; pretties) : to make pretty : make attractive or agreeable — usually used with up < curtains to pretty up the room > < once carefully tended gardens … have been hurriedly prettied up — Joseph Wechsberg >
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