词组 | beautiful |
释义 | beautiful /ˈbjuːtəfəl, ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ adjective very nice to look at, or giving you a lot of pleasurenounsa beautiful woman/girl/baby Marilyn Monroe was one of the world’s most beautiful women.beautiful face/hair/eyes She has beautiful blonde hair.a beautiful place/country/city South Africa is a very beautiful country.beautiful countryside/scenery/view From the terrace there is a beautiful view over Sorrento. | This part of the United States has some incredibly beautiful scenery.beautiful day/morning/weather (=with blue skies and a lot of sunshine) The weather was beautiful and the sky was blue all day.beautiful music The music was so beautiful that it almost made me want to cry.a beautiful book/film/poem He wrote some of the most beautiful poems ever written.a beautiful flower Her husband bought her some beautiful flowers for her birthday.a beautiful voice He sings with a beautiful deep voice.a beautiful sound/smell/taste The roses have a beautiful smell.verbslook beautiful Diana looked beautiful in a long silk dress.adverbsreally/absolutely beautiful Thank you for the flowers. They’re absolutely beautiful. | It was a really beautiful morning.incredibly/extraordinarily beautiful (=extremely beautiful) Fall in New England is incredibly beautiful.stunningly/breathtakingly beautiful (=extremely beautiful in a surprising way) The Arctic dawn is stunningly beautiful.hauntingly beautiful (=beautiful, and often a little sad, in a way that you remember for a long time) The singer had a hauntingly beautiful voice.exquisitely beautiful (=beautiful in a delicate way) An exquisitely beautiful butterfly landed on the leaf.Describing menYou don’t normally use beautiful about men. You use good-looking or handsome.THESAURUS: beautiful handsomeman | boy | prince | face | features a handsome man or boy looks very attractive: Dan was a strong handsome man. | The boy was very handsome. | She dreamt that a handsome prince would marry her. | She remembered his handsome face and deep brown eyes. | Thelma stared at Mr Beckham’s handsome features.Handsome is also sometimes used in literature, to describe a good-looking woman who has a strong face: His mother was a tall handsome woman. good-lookingman | woman | boy | guy | girl | couple | face a good-looking person looks attractive. Good-looking is much more common in spoken English than handsome or beautiful: There are no good-looking men in our office. | Marie is a tall, good-looking woman. | Sam was a good-looking boy and he knew it. | He’s a good-looking guy, but he’s a bit boring. | Mimi and Helga were both good-looking girls. | Laura and Robert were a very good-looking couple. | His good-looking face was very close to hers now. | Her husband is incredibly good-looking – he looks like a movie star. | Do you think he’s good-looking? prettygirl | woman | child | baby | face | dress | clothes | flower | village | town | garden | colour a pretty woman, girl, or baby looks nice and has a nice face. A pretty thing or place looks nice, but is usually not very big: There were lots of pretty girls at the party. | The woman was very pretty. | Gwen had been a pretty child. | What a pretty little baby! | She has a very pretty face. | That’s a pretty dress you’re wearing. | Lots of little girls like dressing in pretty clothes. | The plant had pretty pink flowers on it. | They stayed in a pretty little village in the mountains. | This pretty town has some lovely buildings. | The villa has a small but pretty garden. | The curtains are a very pretty colour.You can also use pretty about names that sound nice: Annalise? That’s a pretty name. attractivewoman | man | girl | town | location | appearance an attractive person looks nice, in a way that makes you want to have a relationship with him or her. An attractive place or thing is nice to look at: I think she’s a very attractive woman. | He was still a very attractive man, in spite of his age. | An attractive girl came over and asked if he wanted a dance. | It is an attractive town and there are plenty of things to see. | Hotels are often built in attractive locations. | If food has an attractive appearance, it often seems to taste better as well. | A lot of men found her attractive. cute informalbaby | kid | boy | girl | animal | dog | puppy | picture | face nice to look at – used about animals, babies, and children: The baby is very cute. | Danny was a cute kid. | He’s a cute little boy. | Their little girl is very cute. | There were pictures of cute animals all over the wall. | What a cute little dog! | Cute puppies were used to advertise the product. | There was a cute picture of a kitten. | The baby had such a cute face.In informal American English, people also use cute about someone who looks attractive in a way that makes you want to have a relationship with him or her: I think Joe’s really cute! lovely BrE spokenplace | house | garden | view | smile | colour | picture | day | weather | name very nice: It’s such a lovely place. | They have a lovely house in the country. | Outside the hotel is a lovely garden. | The rooms have lovely views of the lake. | He has a lovely smile. | The dress is a lovely colour. | There was a lovely picture of him in the newspaper. | It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it? | The weather has been absolutely lovely. | I think Natasha is a lovely name. | She looks lovely in her wedding dress. gorgeous spokendress | man | woman | girl | place | colour | flowers | day | weather extremely nice to look at – used mainly by women: I love your dress. It’s gorgeous! | She dreamt of kissing this gorgeous man. | He is always surrounded by gorgeous women. | Who is that gorgeous girl sitting next to him? | Thailand is a gorgeous place for a vacation. | His eyes are a gorgeous blue colour. | He gave me some gorgeous flowers. | It’s such a gorgeous day – it seems a shame to be in an office. | The weather has been gorgeous all week. gloriousweather | day | morning glorious weather is very good, with blue sky and a lot of sunshine: Everyone was at the beach, enjoying the glorious weather. | It was a glorious sunny day. | It was a glorious September morning. picturesquevillage | town | surroundings | setting | view | house | cottage | harbour | landscape | countryside a picturesque place is pleasant to look at, especially because it is old and interesting: We stayed in the picturesque village of Herisau. | Rye is a picturesque town which is hundreds of years old. | The hotel is situated in picturesque surroundings. | This village is in a picturesque setting. | There are picturesque views from the house. | We drove past rows of picturesque houses. | Picturesque cottages surround the village green. | We looked at the boats in Malcesine’s picturesque harbour. | The picturesque landscape of Devon has inspired many painters. | Take a journey through picturesque countryside. magnificentview | scenery | setting | surroundings | building | palace | animal | horse very big, beautiful, and impressive: There were magnificent views over the old city. | The train travels through some magnificent scenery. | The castle is a magnificent setting for a wedding. | The event was held in the magnificent surroundings of Dartington Hall. | Canterbury Cathedral is a magnificent building. | Louis lived in the magnificent palace of Versailles. | The Bengal tiger is a magnificent animal. | The king is sitting on a magnificent white horse. stunningview | scenery | countryside | setting used about people who look very beautiful, or about places that are very beautiful and impressive: There is a stunning view of the city. | Alaska has some stunning scenery. | You can enjoy the stunning countryside of Northumberland. | The hotel is in a stunning setting. | The whole place is simply stunning. | You look stunning in that outfit. breathtaking/spectacularview | scenery | landscape | beauty a breathtaking or spectacular view is very beautiful and impressive in a surprising way: There are breathtaking views from the top of the mountain. | The river flows through some spectacular scenery. | The landscape is breathtaking. | Austria is a place of breathtaking beauty. exquisiteobject | flower | jewellery | detail | beauty used about things that have very beautiful small details: The museum is full of exquisite objects that were made by skilled craftsmen. | The plants have exquisite blue flowers. | The shop sells exquisite gold jewellery. | The statues are carved in exquisite detail. | They were impressed by the exquisite beauty of the furniture.ANTONYMS → ugly (1) |
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