| 词组 | beau |
| 释义 | beau Harper 1975 tells us that beau is obsolescent, if not obsolete, and that the plural beaux is obsolete in the U.S. Harper is wrong on both counts. Although not as common as boyfriend, beau is still in frequent use, even in the gossipy personality magazines. The plural spelling beaux is usual in American English. Some examples: • Her old beaux have forgiven her —Jill Pearlman, US, 31 Dec. 1984 • ... whose beaux have included ... Russian film director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky —Fred Bernstein, People, 10 Jan. 1983 • ... the unemployed Prince Gottfried von Hohen-lohe-Langenburg, one of Big Gloria's beaux — Edmund Morris, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 22 June 1980 • She should probably have married one of her local beaux —Mark Schorer, Atlantic, August 1970 • ... taking messages when her daughter's many beaux call —Angela Taylor, TV. Y. Times, 1 July 1976 • ... her beaux would leave her a single petal of the magnolia with a message pricked upon it with a pin —Nancy Milford, Harper's, January 1969 Suggestion: if you want to know what is obsolete and what is not, check a good dictionary. |
| 随便看 |
英语用法大全包含2888条英语用法指南，基本涵盖了全部常用英文词汇及语法点的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。