2N-COUNT 美女;美人 A beauty is a beautiful woman. 美女;美人 [journalism]
She is known as a great beauty.
她是出了名的大美女。
SYN good-looker, looker [informal, mainly US], lovely [slang], sensation
3N-COUNT 极好的事物 You can say that something is a beauty when you think it is very good. 极好的事物 [informal]
The pass was a real beauty, but the shot was poor.
传得非常漂亮,但是临门一脚太臭了。
4N-COUNT [usually plural]魅力;美好;吸引人之处 The beauties of something are its attractive qualities or features. 魅力;美好;吸引人之处 [literary]
He was beginning to enjoy the beauties of nature.
他开始享受大自然之美。
5ADJ [ADJ n]美容的Beauty is used to describe people, products, and activities that are concerned with making women look beautiful. 美容的
Additional beauty treatments can be booked in advance.
额外的美容服务可以提前预订。
6N-COUNT 好处;妙处;优点 If you say that a particular feature is the beauty of something, you mean that this feature is what makes the thing so good. 好处;妙处;优点
There would be no effect on animals—that's the beauty of such water-based materials.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingnessJohn KeatsEndymion
If you get simple beauty and nought else, You get about the best thing God inventsRobert BrowningFra Lippo Lippi
`Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to knowJohn KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it isNadine GordimerA Bolter and the Invincible Summer
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodnessLeo TolstoyThe Kreutzer Sonata
Beauty vanishes; beauty passesWalter de la MareEpitaph
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from usEugène IonescoPresent Past - Past Present
Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other formsRalph Waldo EmersonThe Conduct of Life
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of manFedor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov
All changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is bornW.B. YeatsEaster 1916
Beauty is feared, more than deathWilliam Carlos WilliamsPaterson
Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of natureCamille PagliaSexual Personae
Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates themDavid HumeEssays, Moral, Political, and Literary
Ask a toad what is beauty ...; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat mouth, a yellow belly and a brown backVoltairePhilosophical Dictionary
I always say beauty is only sin deepSaki (H.H. Munro)Reginald
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happinessStendhalOn Love
beauty: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husbandAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?George Bernard ShawMan and Superman
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about itW.Somerset MaughamCakes and Ale
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say `You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair'Anton ChekhovUncle Vanya
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favourite work of artLorenz HartMy Funny Valentine
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?Christopher MarloweDoctor Faustus
Beauty and Truth, though never found, are worthy to be soughtRobert Williams BuchananTo David in Heaven
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautifulJohn Constable
1quality of being beautiful美麗ADJECTIVE | VERB + BEAUTY | BEAUTY + VERB | BEAUTY + NOUNADJECTIVE➤breathtaking, exquisite, great, majestic, outstanding, sheer, stunning驚人的美;出眾的美◇an area of breathtaking beauty驚豔之處➤classical古典美◇the classical beauty of her face她臉部的那種古典美➤timeless, unspoiled永恆的美麗;原有的自然美◇the timeless beauty of this ancient landscape這幅古代風景畫的永恆之美➤stark荒涼之美◇There is a stark beauty to the desert terrain.沙漠地貌自有一種荒涼之美。➤ethereal超凡的美麗◇They were captivated by the ethereal beauty of the music.他們被這超凡脫俗的美妙音樂迷住了。➤natural自然美➤feminine女性美◇Her art challenges conventions of feminine beauty.她的藝術向傳統的女性美發出挑戰。➤aesthetic, physical雅致的美;形體美➤inner內在美◇The film argues that inner beauty, not physical appearance, is most important.這部電影的觀點是:內在美,而不是外表美,才是最重要的。➤scenic風景美VERB + BEAUTY➤admire, appreciate, enjoy讚賞/欣賞/享受美麗◇They took a walk, enjoying the beauty of the landscape.他們去散步,欣賞美麗的風景。➤enhance使之更美➤preserve保持美麗➤mar破壞美麗◇Advertising hoardings mar the beauty of the countryside.廣告牌破壞了鄉村之美。➤capture, convey捕捉/傳達美麗◇The film-maker magnificently captures the beauty of the changing seasons.這部電影的製作者出色地抓住了四季變化之美。➤be awed by, be captivated by, be enchanted by, be entranced by, be mesmerized by, be transfixed by美得使人驚歎/着迷/沉醉/神魂顛倒/難以抗拒/發呆BEAUTY + VERB➤amaze sb, overwhelm sb美麗使某人驚異/折服◇The beauty of the city amazed her.這座城市的美景令她驚歎不已。➤last美持續▸➤fade美逐漸褪去◇Her beauty faded as she got older.她的美貌隨歲月的流逝而逐漸消逝。BEAUTY + NOUN➤competition, contest, pageant (NAmE) 選美比賽◇She was a contestant in the Miss World beauty pageant.她曾參加過世界小姐選美大賽。➤contestant, queen選美參賽選手;選美比賽冠軍▸➤parlour/parlor, salon美容院◇She works in a beauty salon.她在一家美容院工作。➤makeover, product, regime, regimen, routine, treatment美容化妝;美容產品;駐顏術;日常美容程序;美容護理➤rest, sleep美容休息/睡眠▸➤spot美人痣beauty
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2beautiful person or thing美人;美物ADJECTIVE➤great大美人◇She was known as a great beauty in her time.她年輕時是出了名的大美人。➤blonde, dark-haired, etc.金髮碧眼、黑頭髮等的美人◇He met a blonde beauty named Cindy.他遇到一位金髮碧眼的美女,叫辛迪。➤exotic異域美女◇an exotic beauty with raven hair頭髮烏亮的外國美女➤radiant光彩照人的美人◇She was still a radiant beauty.她依然光彩奪目,美麗動人。➤absolute, real十分美麗的東西◇My new car's a real beauty!我的新車實在是太漂亮了!➤little小美人◇Isn't she a little beauty?難道她不是個小美人嗎?