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beau·ty /ˈbjuːtɪ/ n. | a. | phr.
I n.
1. 美，美丽，优美；美貌
a city of beauty 美丽的城市
the beauty of a sonata 奏鸣曲的优美
the beauty of a mother's love 母爱之美
Her beauty equals her intelligence. 她既姣美又聪明。
a woman going through her beauty routine 正作日常美容化妆的女人
2. 美人；美的东西；美点，妙处
an acknowledged beauty of the screen 大众公认的银幕美人
His specialty was making tables. He made a beauty for the general. 他的拿手活是做桌子，曾为那位将军做了一张非常漂亮的。
In the last few seconds he got in a beauty on the champion's nose. 在最后几秒钟里，他使出漂亮的绝招，一拳打中冠军的鼻子。
That's the beauty of it. 妙处就在这里。
One of the beauties of the medicine is the absence of aftereffects. 这种药的优点之一是没有副作用。
a collection of Shakespeare's beauties 莎士比亚佳句妙语集
3. [常作反语]绝妙的东西(或人)；典型的一例
The mistake was a beauty. 这错误可真妙啊。
You're a beauty, aren't you, staying out until this time of night? 你可真是个好小子，在外头呆到晚上这时候才回来!
4. 【核】美夸克
II a.
〈俚〉最好的，最妙的，最叫人满意的
[ME beaute < OFr belte < L bellus fine, handsome] phr. Beauty and chastity (honesty) seldom agree. 〈谚〉美人多风流 (多欺诈)。 Beauty and the Beast 美女与野兽 (据欧洲民间传说美女为救父同意嫁野兽，野兽因美女的爱情而摆脱魔法束缚，重新变成英俊的王子与美女结婚) Beauty fades like a flower. 〈谚〉红颜易逝。 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 见 beholder
Beauty is only (或but) skin deep. 〈谚〉美貌不过一张皮。(指不可以貌取人) |