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IELTS BNC: 1161 COCA: 992

beautiful

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beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ adjective
beautiful
/ˈbjuːtɪfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of BEAUTIFUL
[more beautiful; most beautiful]
: having beauty: such as美的;美丽的;美好的
: very attractive in a physical way(身材或外表)美丽的,漂亮的,迷人的
: giving pleasure to the mind or the senses(给精神或感官)带来愉悦的;美妙的
: very good or pleasing : not having any bad qualities极好的;令人愉悦的;完美的

— beautifully

/ˈbjuːtɪfli/ adverb
Synonyms同义词
beautiful, pretty, lovely, and handsome describe people and things that are pleasing to look at, hear, etc.*beautiful、pretty、lovely和handsome均用于形容令人愉悦的人或事物。
beautiful applies to things that give the greatest pleasure and cause people to feel strong emotions. *beautiful用于形容最令人愉悦且使人产生强烈情感的事物。
When used of a person, it usually describes a woman, girl, or small child.指人时,通常用于形容女人、女孩或小孩。
pretty often applies to small things that are attractive in a delicate way.*pretty常用于形容精致漂亮的小东西。
When used of a person, it almost always describes a woman or girl.指人时,几乎总是用于形容女人或女孩。
lovely applies to things that make people feel strong emotions by being very graceful or delicate.*lovely用于形容使人产生强烈情感的优美雅致的事物。
When used to describe a person's appearance, it almost always refers to a woman or girl.形容人的外表时,几乎总是用于指女人或女孩。
It can also describe a person's character, and in this use it refers to both women and men.它亦可用于形容人的性格,这时可用于指男人和女人。
handsome applies to things that are attractive because they have a balanced design or shape.*handsome用于形容样式或造型协调、匀称的东西。
When used to describe a person, it usually refers to a man or boy.指人时,通常用于指男人或男孩。
A woman who is described as handsome is attractive but usually not in a very delicate or feminine way.被形容为hand-some的女子,通常很有魅力但并非很柔弱或很有女人味。
IELTS BNC: 1161 COCA: 992

beautiful

adjective

beau·​ti·​ful ˈbyü-ti-fəl How to pronounce beautiful (audio)
1
: having qualities of beauty : exciting aesthetic pleasure
2
: generally pleasing : excellent
beautifulness noun

Did you know?

Can beautiful be used to describe a man?

Our evidence shows that when beautiful is used to describe physical beauty, it is overwhelming used of women or a physical aspect of a woman (such as her hair or skin). This hasn't always been the case: when beautiful first came into English it was used as easily of men as it was of women. Nowadays, handsome is the adjective of appreciation most commonly used of men.

The plural noun phrase beautiful people doesn't refer to the overall looks of the people mentioned, but rather the elegance and sumptuousness of their lives.

Choose the Right Synonym for beautiful

beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, comely, fair mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure.

beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses.

beautiful mountain scenery

lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite.

a lovely melody

handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance.

a handsome Georgian mansion

pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness.

a painter of conventionally pretty scenes

comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.

the comely grace of a dancer

fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness.

fair of face

Example Sentences

Located on one of the most beautiful and untouched coastlines in America, this recreational area has much to offer. You can hike on rocky headlands that rise dramatically from the Pacific Ocean, ride horses or bikes along scenic trails, walk along the many beaches, kayak on pristine Tomales Bay, or spy the abundance of native flowers and wildlife, including elephant seals and tule elk. Tim Fish, Wine Spectator, 15 Nov. 2008 In her biography of Monroe, Churchwell takes to task the relentless mythomania of her admirers and critics, who are equally invested in nurturing the legend of a hapless beautiful woman consumed by her desire for celebrity and love. Lakshmi Chaudhry, Nation, 27 Aug.-3 Sept. 2007 In the hothouse of today's celebrity monoculture, the result has been the perfection of the kind of profile in which athletes and actors struggle to overcome … absence or presence in their lives of money, fame, sex and drugs. Especially so in the upscale slicks, where these stories of the rich and beautiful emerge so flat and lifeless that no one in them casts a shadow. Jeff MacGregor, New York Times Book Review, 21 Aug. 2005 You have the most beautiful smile. The film tells a beautiful story about two young lovers. Our hotel room had a beautiful view of the ocean. The sunsets here are absolutely beautiful. What a beautiful day for a picnic! This is a beautiful example of early American poetry. See More
Recent Examples on the Web For example, seeing something grow on Shazam is beautiful, a Spotify play count is a live audit of how much money your music is generating, a radio play tracker can show you where the support is. Orlando Higginbottom, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2022 Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2022 Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 13 Sep. 2022 Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 The speech was beautiful, but largely focused on his relationship with me. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 There are books that are horrendous to read but remain beautiful things. David Marchese, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2022 Seeing myself be truly me and not hiding was beautiful. Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022 Hikes and walks and wandering around in nature centers are fun in fall because the humidity and mosquito levels are down, and, of course, the fall leaves are beautiful. Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bewteful, beautefull, from beaute beauty + -ful, -full -ful entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beautiful was in the 15th century
IELTS BNC: 1161 COCA: 992
beautiful

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, feel, look, seem, sound很美;感覺很漂亮;看上去很美;好像很美;聽起來很美become, grow變得美麗make sb/sth使⋯美麗We did all we could to make the room beautiful.我們盡可能把房間佈置得漂亮些。find sb/sth覺得⋯很美He found her exquisitely beautiful.他覺得她異常美麗。be considered被認為很美She was never considered beautiful at school.在學校的時候從沒有人認為她漂亮。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常美麗exceptionally, extraordinarily, outstandingly, really, remarkably, supremely, truly, very異常美;極美;非常漂亮absolutely, perfectly, quite, utterly美得無可挑剔;十分美麗just, simply美極了'They're just beautiful,' breathed Jo, when she saw the earrings.“太美了!”喬看到耳環時輕聲說道。almost幾乎算得上美麗I remember her as pretty, almost beautiful.我記得她挺漂亮,幾乎可以說很美。amazingly, astonishingly, breathtakingly, impossibly, incredibly, spectacularly, staggeringly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, unbelievably美得驚人;美得出奇;美得令人難以置信;驚豔naturally天生麗質She didn't need make-up. She was naturally beautiful.她天生麗質,不需要化妝。uniquely無與倫比地美exquisitely精緻而美麗serenely寧靜而美麗classically, conventionally古典美;傳統美Her features were classically beautiful, with perfectly structured high cheekbones.她的長相具有一種古典美,高高的顴骨顯得很完美。achingly, eerily, hauntingly, heartbreakingly, painfully, strangely美得令人心痛;怪誕美;美得令人難以忘懷;淒美;美得讓人感到不舒服;美得有點兒古怪a hauntingly beautiful melody一段縈繞於心的優美旋律

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