| 正面 | 3869.handsome 英 ['hæns(ə)m]美 ['hænsəm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 谐音“靠挪哦、可挪哦”---靠挪动着前进----爬行，匍匐前进。adj. （男子）英俊的；可观的；大方的，慷慨的；健美而端庄的 例句： 1. The opposition won a handsome victory in the election.反对党在竞选中以高票获胜。 handsome 灵巧的，英俊的，潇洒的，大方的来自hand的引申义，即手边的，方便的，-some,形容词后缀。后来引申灵巧的，体贴的，大方的，慷慨的等多种词义，但主要用于形容男子潇洒的，英俊的，实质上即暖男。 handsomehandsome: see handhandsome (adj.)c. 1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fit, appropriate" (1550s, implied in handsomely), then "having fine form, good-looking, agreeable to the eye" (1580s). Meaning "generous, on a liberal scale" (of rewards, etc.) first recorded 1680s. [Americans] use the word "handsome" much more extensively than we do: saying that Webster made a handsome speech in the Senate: that a lady talks handsomely, (eloquently:) that a book sells handsomely. A gentleman asked me on the Catskill Mountain, whether I thought the sun handsomer there than at New York. [Harriet Martineau, "Society in America," 1837] Related: Handsomeness. For sense development, compare pretty (adj.). Similar formation in Dutch handzaam "tractable, serviceable."" |