beauty
/ˈbjuːtɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight美, 美丽, 赏心悦目：
I was struck by her beauty
我被她的美貌迷住了
an area of outstanding natural beauty.
自然景色十分优美的地方
1.1
- a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense高尚品质, 美感。
1.2
- as modifier denoting something intended to make someone more attractive美容品, 化妆品：
beauty treatment.
美容。
2
- a beautiful or pleasing thing or person, in particular好看的东西, 漂亮的人, 尤指：
2.1
- a beautiful woman美女：
a blonde beauty.
金发美女。
2.2
- an excellent specimen or example of something上品, 典范：
the fish was a beauty, around 14 pounds.
这鱼是上品, 约有14磅重。
2.3
the beauties of
the pleasing or attractive features of (something)赏心悦目之处, 引人之处, 妙处：the beauties of the English countryside.
英格兰乡村的引人之处。
2.4
- in sing. the best feature or advantage of something优点, 特色：
the beauty of keeping cats is that they don't tie you down.
养猫的最大妙处是它们不会老是缠着你。
3
- used in names of moths with muted brown or grey wing patterns that provide camouflage in trees and shrubs, e.g. pine beauty［用于在树木或灌木丛中出没、以暗棕色或淡灰色翅膀作伪装的蛾类名称中, 如： pine beauty 尺蛾, 夜蛾］。
3.1
- Several species in the families Geometridae and Noctuidae.尺蛾科及夜蛾科中数种。
短语
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- proverb that which one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another〈谚〉情人眼里出西施。
beauty is only skin-deep
- proverb a pleasing appearance is not a guide to character〈谚〉美貌不过一张皮（喻不可以貌取人）。
词源
Middle English: from Old French beaute, based on Latin bellus 'beautiful， fine'.