picturesque
/ˌpɪktʃəˈresk/adjective
1- visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style秀丽的; 别致的, 别具一格的：
ruined abbeys and picturesque villages.
破败的修道院以及秀丽的乡村。
1.1
- (of language) unusual and vivid（语言）独特的, 生动的：
the salad has no regional or picturesque name.
这种色拉没有什么地方名或独特的名称。
派生词
picturesquely
adverbpicturesqueness
noun词源
early 18th cent.: from French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore 'painter' （from Latin pictor）. The change from -tt- to -ct- was due to association with PICTURE.