suave
/swɑːv/adjective
suaver, suavest
- (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant(尤指男性)有吸引力的; 自信的; 温文尔雅的:
all the waiters were suave and deferential.
所有侍者都温文尔雅、毕恭毕敬。
派生词
suavely
adverbsuaveness
nounsuavity
/-vətɪ/ noun (pl. -ies.)词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'gracious, agreeable'): from Old French, or from Latin suavis 'agreeable'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.