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Winsome German English Saxon High Winsəm A.媚人的,漂亮的 英

单词 winsome
音标 ['winsəm]
解释 a.媚人的,漂亮的
红宝书 【英】 adj.媚人的,漂亮的( generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence)
【考】 反义词:unpreposses sing(不吸引人的)
【记】 组合词:win(赢)+som e
【例】 a winsome smile(动人的笑)
字源 winsome (adj.)
Old English wynsum "agreeable, pleasant," from wynn "pleasure, delight," from Proto-Germanic *wunjo- (cognates: Old Saxon wunnia, Old High German wunja, German Wonne "joy, delight;" see win (v.)) + -sum (see -some (1)). Apparently surviving only in northern English dialect for 400 years until revived 18c. by Hamilton, Burns, and other Scottish poets. Similar formation in Old Saxon wunsam, Old High German wunnisam. Related: Winsomely; winsomeness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 迷人的; 漂亮的
【记】win赢, some身体: 用身体赢得别人的-迷人的
【参】chromosome(n 染色体)
【反】unprepossessing(adj 不吸引人的); repelling(令人厌恶的)
趣味全助记 【记】win some 能赢得他人心的

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