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elegant adj.优雅的；雅致的 (1) 他穿了一身讲究的新衣服逛来逛去，显得颇为惬意。(2) 他得意地领著他那标致的伴侣遛公园。(3) 我们都很想知道,为什么你总是那么优雅年轻。(4) 那位女士穿着雅致的深色套装。(5) 我喜欢朴素但漂亮雅致的衣服。 Being graceful and refined are aspects of being elegant. That word first appears in English in the 15th century. It comes, via Old French, from the same Latin source that gave rise to the English word "elect, and it does seem that especially elegant people and things are in a select group. Very stylishly dressed men and women are elegant, and fine restaurants with distinctive delicacies are elegant. Most ordinary places and people can become elegant, though, when dressed up or adorned for special occasions. Even walruses can appear elegant when they're swimming.

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英 ['elɪɡənt] 美 ['elɪɡənt] (1) He strolled about, looking very debonair in his elegant new suit.(2) He proudly promenaded his elegant companion in the park.(3) We all wonder how you always look so young and beautiful and elegant!(4) The lady wears an elegant dark suit.(5) I like my clothes to be simple but elegant. Nimble ballerinas and long-legged birds are elegant; dump trucks and walruses usually are not. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（人或物）典雅的，雅致的，优美的 If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always.帕特里夏一如既往地美丽优雅。...an elegant restaurant.雅致的餐厅elegance...Princess Grace's understated elegance...格雷丝王妃的含蓄美The furniture managed to combine practicality with elegance.那些家具将实用和典雅完美结合。elegantly...a tall, elegantly dressed man with a mustache.衣着讲究、蓄着胡子的高个男子2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（文字、想法、计划等）简洁的，简练的，巧妙的 If you describe a piece of writing, an idea, or a plan as elegant, you mean that it is simple, clear, and clever. The document impressed me with its elegant simplicity.那份文件的简洁明了给我留下了深刻印象。elegantly...an elegantly simple idea.简单而巧妙的想法

英语单词	elegant
英美音标	英 ['elɪɡənt] 美 ['elɪɡənt]
中文释义	adj.优雅的；雅致的
英语例句	(1) He strolled about, looking very debonair in his elegant new suit. (2) He proudly promenaded his elegant companion in the park. (3) We all wonder how you always look so young and beautiful and elegant! (4) The lady wears an elegant dark suit. (5) I like my clothes to be simple but elegant.
中文例句	(1) 他穿了一身讲究的新衣服逛来逛去，显得颇为惬意。 (2) 他得意地领著他那标致的伴侣遛公园。 (3) 我们都很想知道,为什么你总是那么优雅年轻。 (4) 那位女士穿着雅致的深色套装。 (5) 我喜欢朴素但漂亮雅致的衣服。
vocabulary简明	Nimble ballerinas and long-legged birds are elegant; dump trucks and walruses usually are not.
vocabulary扩展	Being graceful and refined are aspects of being elegant. That word first appears in English in the 15th century. It comes, via Old French, from the same Latin source that gave rise to the English word "elect, and it does seem that especially elegant people and things are in a select group. Very stylishly dressed men and women are elegant, and fine restaurants with distinctive delicacies are elegant. Most ordinary places and people can become elegant, though, when dressed up or adorned for special occasions. Even walruses can appear elegant when they're swimming.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（人或物）典雅的，雅致的，优美的 If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always. 帕特里夏一如既往地美丽优雅。 ...an elegant restaurant. 雅致的餐厅 elegance ...Princess Grace's understated elegance... 格雷丝王妃的含蓄美 The furniture managed to combine practicality with elegance. 那些家具将实用和典雅完美结合。 elegantly ...a tall, elegantly dressed man with a mustache. 衣着讲究、蓄着胡子的高个男子 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（文字、想法、计划等）简洁的，简练的，巧妙的 If you describe a piece of writing, an idea, or a plan as elegant, you mean that it is simple, clear, and clever. The document impressed me with its elegant simplicity. 那份文件的简洁明了给我留下了深刻印象。 elegantly ...an elegantly simple idea. 简单而巧妙的想法

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