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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary beau·ty (plural beauties) ETYMOLOGY Middle English beaute, bealte, from Anglo-French, from bel, beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty; akin to Latin bonus good — more at bounty DATE 14th century 1. the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit : loveliness 2. a beautiful person or thing; especially : a beautiful woman 3. a particularly graceful, ornamental, or excellent quality 4. a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instance that mistake was a beauty 5. bottom 9English Etymology beauty late 13c., from Anglo-Norm. beute, O.Fr . biauté (12c., "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person," Mod.Fr. beauté), earlier beltet, from V.L. bellitatem (nom. bellitas) "state of being handsome," from L. bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical L. used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-eye- and related to bonus "good," bene "well." Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness." Replaced O.E. wlite. Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded late 15c.Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ beauty beauty / 5bju:ti / noun(pl. -ies) 1. [U] the quality of being pleasing to the senses or to the mind 美；美丽: the beauty of the sunset / of poetry / of his singing 落日/诗作/他的歌声之美 a woman of great beauty 大美人 The woods were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. 这片森林被划定为超级自然美景区。 beauty products / treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful) 美容产品；美容 2. [C] a person or thing that is beautiful 美人；美好的东西: She had been a beauty in her day. 她年轻时是个美人。 3. [C] an excellent example of its type 极好的榜样；典型的例子: That last goal was a beauty! 最后进的一球真绝！ 4. [C] a pleasing feature 好处；优点 SYN advantage :
One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful. 在这里生活的好处之一是安宁。 The project will require very little work to start up; that's the beauty of it. 这项工程几乎不需要启动工作,好就好在这里。 IDIOMS ▪ beauty is in the eye of the 'beholder (saying) people all have different ideas about what is beautiful 情人眼里出西施；对美的判别因人而异 ▪ beauty is only skin-'deep (saying) how a person looks is less important than their character 美貌不过一张皮；貌美不如心灵美 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English beauty noun 1 quality of being beautiful ADJ. breathtaking, extraordinary, great, outstanding, sheer an area of breathtaking beauty | classical the classical beauty of her face | natural | physical | scenic BEAUTY + VERB last | fade Her beauty faded as she got older. BEAUTY + NOUN competition, contest | queen | parlour, salon | treatment | spot PHRASES beauty is in the eye of the beholder, beauty is only skin-deep 2 beautiful person or thing ADJ. great She was known as a great beauty in her time. | absolute, real My new car's a real beauty! | little Isn't she a little beauty? Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: japanese beauty-berry , or line of beauty , or meadow beauty , or meadow-beauty family , or oak beauty , or painted beauty , or bathing beauty , or rock beauty , or beauty-berry , or beauty bush , or beauty culture , or beauty-fruit , or beauty operator , or beauty shop , or beauty sleep, or beauty spot , or rutland beauty , or sleeping beauty , or spring beauty , or willow beauty , or beauty part , or beauty contest , or beauty mark , or beauty parlor , or camberwell beauty , or alpine spring beauty , or american beautybeau·ty I. \ˈbyüd.ē, -yütē, -i\ noun (-es) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English beaute, bealte, from Old French biauté, belté, from biau, bel beautiful (from Latin bellus pretty) + -té -ty; akin to Latin bonus good — more at bounty 1. a. : extreme physical attractiveness and loveliness : perfect combination of characteristics pleasurable to see < the beauty of the actress > < the beauty of the scenery > b. : a characteristic or combination of characteristics affording great sensory pleasure < the beauty of the sonata > c. (1) : one notably marked by beauty < the new car was a beauty > < fishing for trout and catching several beauties > especially : a person so marked < a bold beauty, with shining black hair, red lips, and eyes not afraid — George Meredith > (2) : the aggregate of those marked by beauty < the beauty and chivalry of the county were gathered there — Raymond Weeks > d. (1) : a particular grace, adornment, or excellence : a single characteristic or attribute marked by beauty < he had two great beauties, the pale flat white of his skin, and his great shaggy mass of dark hair — Dorothy C. Fisher > (2) beauties plural : passages of literature strongly marked by beauty < a collection of the poet's beauties > e. : a trait or combination of traits calling forth admiration, praise, or respect < the beauty of his character > < the beauty of this mathematical demonstration > f. : a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instance < the goalie's save was a beauty > < his bruise after the fall was a beauty > < this mistake in strategy was a beauty > g. : most cogent feature : characteristic insuring effectiveness :climactic detail < the beauty of it is that everyone can play > < the beauty of the scheme is that the trickster is defrauded > 2. a. : perfection that excites admiration or delight for itself rather than for its uses : a quality in a consummate thing that induces immediate and disinterested pleasure : something that is beautiful as determined by subjective awareness and by such reactions as delightful sensation, moral exaltation, or reverie < the beauty of a silent eve — John Keats > b. : the characteristic value of a beautiful thing apart from any effect it produces : perfection of form attained through the flawless sensible manifestation of an artist's conception or by an independent self-subsistent product of the creative imagination c. (1) : the absolute perfection of the ideal or idea as suggested by or reflected in the relative sensuous perfection of works of art (2) : the ideal itself apprehended through the medium of a beautiful thing II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English beautien, from beaute, n. archaic : beautify III. noun : a quantum characteristic that accounts for the existence and lifetime of the upsilon particle ; also : a particle having this characteristic |
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