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单词 Junoesque
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Definition of Junoesque in English:

Junoesque

adjectiveˌdʒuːnəʊˈɛskˌdʒunoʊˈɛsk
  • (of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely.

    (女子)高大匀称的

    a handsome Junoesque woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was rather Junoesque, with her soft brown curls, pulled back in a loose knot on the back of her head, and her pretty face; she was probably only a few years older than Mother, but seemed more aged, as if she had seen more in her life.
    • Of course, her Junoesque figure was exploited in the films and made much of in the media.
    • ‘La, I do beg pardon,’ A Junoesque young woman in a white, filmy, low-cut dress hesitated in the doorway.
    • But unlike the latter's compliant filles, Golub's Junoesque women project a potency exceeding even that of the Spaniard's priapic Minotaur.
    Synonyms
    curvaceous, shapely, opulent, full-figured, well formed, well proportioned, ample, rubensesque, buxom, full-bosomed, lush, luscious

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Juno + -esque.

Rhymes

arabesque, burlesque, Dantesque, desk, grotesque, humoresque, Kafkaesque, Moresque, picaresque, picturesque, plateresque, Pythonesque, Romanesque, sculpturesque, statuesque

Definition of Junoesque in US English:

Junoesque

adjectiveˌjo͞onōˈeskˌdʒunoʊˈɛsk
  • (of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely.

    (女子)高大匀称的

    a handsome Junoesque woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But unlike the latter's compliant filles, Golub's Junoesque women project a potency exceeding even that of the Spaniard's priapic Minotaur.
    • ‘La, I do beg pardon,’ A Junoesque young woman in a white, filmy, low-cut dress hesitated in the doorway.
    • Of course, her Junoesque figure was exploited in the films and made much of in the media.
    • She was rather Junoesque, with her soft brown curls, pulled back in a loose knot on the back of her head, and her pretty face; she was probably only a few years older than Mother, but seemed more aged, as if she had seen more in her life.
    Synonyms
    curvaceous, shapely, opulent, full-figured, well formed, well proportioned, ample, rubensesque, buxom, full-bosomed, lush, luscious

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Juno + -esque.

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