beau

Word family adjectivebeauishnounbeau

beau /bəʊ $ boʊ/ noun (plural beaux /bəʊz $ boʊz/ or beaus) [countableC] old-fashioned → bow

1. GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIENDa woman’s close friend or lover 〔女子的〕密友；情人

2. DCMANa fashionable well-dressed man 衣着入时的男子；花花公子，纨袴子弟

Examples from the Corpus

beau• Marjorie brought a beau to Prides, and Margarett flirted with him, even, Betty thought, took him to bed.• Margarett took a beau to their apartment for dinner and scandalized her old friends by visibly holding his hand.• She'd arrived in the sidecar of Miss Brahms's current beau and her coiffure had suffered terrible punishment as a result.• I was very shy but his mischievous grin put me at my ease and we strolled along behind Sally and her beau.

Origin beau

(1600-1700) French beau “beautiful”, from Latin bellus; → BEAUTY

单词	beau
释义	beau Word family adjectivebeauishnounbeau beau /bəʊ $ boʊ/ noun (plural beaux /bəʊz $ boʊz/ or beaus) [countableC] old-fashioned → bow 1. GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIENDa woman’s close friend or lover 〔女子的〕密友；情人 2. DCMANa fashionable well-dressed man 衣着入时的男子；花花公子，纨袴子弟 Examples from the Corpus beau• Marjorie brought a beau to Prides, and Margarett flirted with him, even, Betty thought, took him to bed.• Margarett took a beau to their apartment for dinner and scandalized her old friends by visibly holding his hand.• She'd arrived in the sidecar of Miss Brahms's current beau and her coiffure had suffered terrible punishment as a result.• I was very shy but his mischievous grin put me at my ease and we strolled along behind Sally and her beau. Origin beau (1600-1700) French beau “beautiful”, from Latin bellus; → BEAUTY
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