| 词组 | beautiful |
| 释义 | beautiful The following words can all be used to describe someone who is nice to look at: attractive, beautiful, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, stunning Attractive, good-looking, and gorgeous are commonly used to describe both women and men. ...a remarkably attractive girl. You're still an attractive man. She was a good-looking woman of fifty, with naturally red cheeks and a Scots accent. He was a very good-looking lad with a fine physique. She's gorgeous. ...this gorgeous young hunk of male flesh. Attractive and gorgeous are also used to describe young children, but good-looking is not. She had grown into a chubby attractive child, with a mop of auburn curls like her mother's. Handsome is used more often to describe men than women. It is used to describe any man who has regular, pleasant features. However, it is only used to describe women when their features are large and regular rather than small and delicate. He was a tall, dark, and undeniably handsome man. In the 1930's the ideal woman was classically handsome rather than childishly pretty. Beautiful and pretty are generally used to describe women and children rather than men. Only very young boys are described as pretty, not older boys, because this word implies a delicate, feminine appearance. ...a beautiful young girl with long hair. Our mother was laughing and looking pretty and happy. 'Such a pretty baby,' clucked Mrs Morrison. You can also describe a woman as stunning, especially when she has made herself look particularly attractive or is wearing very attractive clothes. Though her features were strong, she was not unattractive and might have been quite stunning had she taken even a mild interest in clothes. ◊ degree of beauty If you say that someone is beautiful, you are implying that they are nicer to look at than if you said they were attractive, good-looking, handsome, or pretty. If you say that someone is gorgeous or stunning, you mean that they are extremely nice to look at. ◊ WARNING You can describe someone's appearance by saying that they 'look nice' or 'look wonderful', but if you call someone 'a nice man' or 'a wonderful woman', or say that they 'are nice' or 'are wonderful', you are describing their character, not their appearance. Similarly, 'lovely' is more often used to describe someone's character than their appearance. |
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