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el·e·gant
e l gnt
elegantly (adv.)
词根:elegant
adv.elegantly 优美地
n.elegance 典雅;高雅
Adjective
1. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style;
"elegant handwriting"
"an elegant dark suit"
"she was elegant to her fingertips"
"small churches with elegant white spires"
"an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
2. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
3. of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion
4. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court;
"a courtly gentleman"
elegant appearance美观大方
elegant demeanour风采
elegant shape式样优雅
elegant(训练或修养所得),人为的优雅
graceful(天生的)天真优雅
以上来源于网络
15世纪末,"雅致华丽的",源自15世纪的古法语 élégant,直接源自拉丁语 elegantem(nominative elegans)"选择,精美,雅致",是 eligere 的现在分词的同源形式,意为"精心挑选,选择"(参见 election)。意为"具有精致优雅特点"的含义始于1520年代。拉丁语 elegans 最初是一种责备的说法,意为"娇气,挑剔"; "具有精致优雅"的概念在古典拉丁语中出现。相关词汇: Elegantly。
Elegant implies that anything of an artificial character to which it is applied is the result of training and cultivation through the study of models or ideals of grace; graceful implies less of consciousness, and suggests often a natural gift. A rustic, uneducated girl may be naturally graceful, but not elegant. [Century Dictionary]
Elegant 暗示了任何应用于人工特征的东西都是通过学习优雅的模型或理想的培训和修养的结果; graceful 则意味着意识较少,并且常常暗示一种天赋。一个乡村的、没有受过教育的女孩可能天生具有 graceful,但不具备 elegant。[世纪词典]
【修】雅洁,优美,优[典]雅
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin elegant-, elegans; akin to Latin eligere to select — more at elect
The first known use of elegant was in the 15th century
elephantnoun
any of a family of huge thickset nearly hairless mammals that have the snout lengthened into a trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed into long outward-curving pointed ivory tusks and that include two living forms:
one with large ears that occurs in tropical Africa
one with relatively small ears that occurs in forests of southeastern Asia
elephantineadjective
very big : huge, massive
lacking grace
of or relating to an elephant
elephantiasisnoun
the enormous enlargement of an arm or a leg or of the scrotum that is caused by blocking of the vessels carrying lymph by nematode worms
elephantnoun
any of a family of huge thickset nearly hairless mammals that have the snout lengthened into a trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed into long outward-curving pointed ivory tusks and that include two living forms:
one with large ears that occurs in tropical Africa
one with relatively small ears that occurs in forests of southeastern Asia
elementnoun
one of the four substances air, water, fire, or earth formerly believed to make up the physical universe
plural forces of natureespecially: stormy or cold weather
the state or place natural or suited to a person or thing
at school she was in her element
one of the parts of which something is made up: as
plural the simplest principles of a subject of study
one of the basic individual things that belong to a mathematical set or class called alsomember
any of more than 100 fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that cannot be separated by ordinary chemical means into simpler substances
a distinct part of a device used in the composing of print matter
plural the bread and wine used in the sacrament of Communion
elementaladjective
of, relating to, or being an elementespecially: existing as an uncombined chemical element
elementary sense 1
of, relating to, or resembling a force of nature
elegynoun
a poem or song expressing sorrow especially for one who is dead
elegantadjective
having or showing elegance
of excellent quality : splendid
elegantadjective
having or showing elegance
of excellent quality : splendid
1 It wasn’t a particularly elegant structure—but maybe that was asking too much.
2 Everything a human could want was there, from the grand lobby on the ground floor to the elegant Starlight Room one mile up.
3 He wheeled die horse gracefully, still something of that elegant quality of display in the fluid motion, and rode off.
4 She dressed with elegant simplicity.
她穿着朴素高雅.
5 To separate the facts from the hearsay contained in the bureau’s case files, White settled upon a simple but elegant approach: he would methodically try to corroborate each suspect’s alibi.
6 Her coffee-colored hands looked old, but well-manicured and elegant, so I imagined she was a grandmother who had once been a beautiful lady.
7 Then she noticed Mohammed’s writing, addressed to her in care of the University of Biafra, in long elegant sweeps.
8 On Easter Sunday the Lykes staff took us to one of our sponsor’s homes—an elegant waterfront mansion—for an egg hunt.
9 I worried that I had created an unbridgeable divide by rejecting them and choosing my uncle, with his elegant home in the promised land of Saratoga.
10 She is always so chic, so elegant.
她总是那么时髦,那么优雅。
11 Dorcas next flung herself upon him, too excited to be elegant.
12 Still clinging to one of his big hands, she collapsed to the floor in an elegant curtsey.
13 At the desk’s elegant feet, the Duchess looked up.
14 Will shaded his eyes to watch her and the other ragged, elegant figures wheel in the air and dart up over the trees.
15 My lapse in standing was the misfortune of being from the nouveau pauvre side of what passed for an elegant family there in the Pittsburgh of the South.
16 Many words convey subtle shades of meaning, provide glimpses into the history of the language, conform to elegant principles of assembly, or enliven prose with distinctive imagery, sound, and rhythm.
17 Beside the windows, two simple, elegant armchairs faced each other across a low round table on which a tea tray rested.
18 Behind her the elegant meal, with its many plates, goblets, glasses, and silverware, was gone.
19 I continued playing but was unable to concentrate because I kept the corner of my eye on his restless hands, the elegant fingertips that danced against the pale blue fabric of his pants.
20 Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always.
帕特里夏一如既往地美丽优雅。
2 明快的
3 举止优雅的
4 简洁
brief compact neat concise succinct chaste terse laconic concinnity chastity brevity concision gracility laconism condense economical snappy uncluttered economically spare briefly economy short clean tight thumbnail compressed taut pithy telegraphic monosyllabic compendious sententious short-winded shortly severity compaction in small compass
7 极好
superexcellent too-too mean old key select unique beautiful hot cool excellent heavy super wonderful solid awesome famous smooth tough royal grand rare crazy stunning brilliant gorgeous fabulous tremendous keen brave superb glorious terrific immense sovereign slick funky gone brag splendid fab clipping admirable daisy swinging scrumptious thumping spanking peachy slapping unequalled a-ok tops whiz-bang nailing fantabulous lulu tiptop plummy copacetic unexceptionable clinking walloping swingeing splendiferous corking braw bonzer forby skookum top-hole forbye gradely ace-high extra-fine first-chop prime ripping capitally wunderbar superduper yummy bottler stem-winding swave ten-carat ginger-peachy hotsy-totsy heckuve curl-the-mo out great fine rock proper fantastic champion tall boss shirt mess crucial wizard deadly curl swell mighty striking bully brutal bumper righteous wig savage outrageous boo mellow cracking nifty sanitary first-class brill bong blip first-rate four-star shag hummer helluva goodly tawny hunky George tuff spiffy fizzing jammy tearing far-out tits unexcelled hunky-dory first-string shirty spiffing bang-up superfly mezz way-out out-of-sight jam-up peaches-and-cream peachy-keen gold-star dicty outasite spandy A-OK rarely wondrous tip-top joint humdinger all wool and a yard wide real gone too too funny old hell of a a treat
9 文雅
formal gentle tender refined polished bland civilized cultured genteel ladylike ritzy maidenly gently Polish refinement pleasant dainty grace polish gentility quiet decent finished humane gracious suave urbane debonair decorous svelte Chesterfieldian prettily finish distinction urbanity suavity gentilesse civilize
11 讲究
12 陈设讲究的
13 巧妙
subtle clever ingenious artful deft masterly cleverly subtlety nice smart intelligent neat finely delicacy finesse
14 讲究的
15 优雅的人
17 优秀
braw fine master Superior superb mega topping undeniable admirable eminent badass first-rate thoroughbred def high-toned crack excellence distinction goodness dignity superiority quite a
18 优雅
class stylish neat finished delicate refined polite exquisite Corinthian gracious graceful cultivated courtly ladylike lightsome gentlemanlike featly Chesterfieldian finely elegantly graciously chicly finish grace polish elegance flair delicacy fineness politesse elegancy etherealness bon ton fine polished ethereal balletic gracefully smartly exquisitely daintily snappily distinction refinement nicety gracefulness daintiness refine gentle swell accomplished swagger distingue lightness fairy lavender snappy shapely svelte spirituel posh Grace Polish swell-differous swellelegous classic modest silky quaint silken genteel rosewater well-bred fairily concinnity cultivation amenity swank gentility urbanity classicality urbanize grazioso beautiful smooth minion airy snarky well-polished flowerlike leggiero deluxe gentlehood style finesse couth
19 文雅的
formal gentle tender refined polished bland civilized cultured genteel ladylike ritzy maidenly pleasant dainty quiet decent finished humane gracious suave urbane debonair decorous svelte Chesterfieldian
21 有品位的
22 格调高的
23 出色
mean neat noble uncommon eminent colossal conspicuous smashing well rarely excellence lustre exceed shine with flying colours no mean
24 漂亮的
what-ho posh-looking prick-up spick-and-span well-looking well-favored niftic catish swellelegous swellish good pretty likely nice beautiful proper smart grand proud prime trick sharp trim brilliant gorgeous stylish keen wizard brave swell feat spicy chic heavenly spectator handsome chick classy plush spruce nifty dreamy posh nutty snappy knowing sassy smashing swish swagger dressy presentable snazzy saucy chipper pin-up peachy trig tony dinky wally spiffy ritzy nice-looking ducky knobby rakish dossy spiff tricksy high-toned voguish gradely dashy well-favoured slicked-up
25 豪华
smart grand magnificent luxurious lush loaded plush sumptuous opulent princely Tony ritzy richly luxury extravagance
27 优雅的
class stylish neat finished delicate refined polite exquisite Corinthian gracious graceful cultivated courtly ladylike lightsome gentlemanlike featly Chesterfieldian dainty polished posh genteel larney well turned fine ethereal balletic gentle swell accomplished swagger distingue fairy lavender snappy shapely svelte spirituel swell-differous swellelegous classic modest silky quaint silken rosewater well-bred grazioso beautiful smooth minion airy snarky well-polished flowerlike swank
29 高贵
fine majestic splendid dignified patrician Tony high-toned rank dignity nobility grandeur exalt dignify
30 高尚
high class nice fine classic Christian proper spiritual noble refined distinguished elevated reputable humane honorable respectable sublime lofty cultivated thoroughbred saintly high-toned distingue spiritous Chesterfieldian properly nobly magnanimously tastily high-mindedly exaltedly elevation flair refinement delicacy nobility highness respectability magnanimity sublimity loftiness high-mindedness elevate heighten spiritualize in good taste great white christian proud lovely gentle honourable cultured exalted high-pitched magnanimous sublimate elegance greatness cultivation sublimation lift refine
31 一流的
32 上等的
slapup high choice fine superior splendid deluxe daisy goodly high-class swank first-string pukka gilt-edge swinging of the first order
33 高尚的
high class nice fine classic Christian proper spiritual noble refined distinguished elevated reputable humane honorable respectable sublime lofty cultivated thoroughbred saintly high-toned distingue spiritous Chesterfieldian great white christian proud lovely gentle honourable cultured exalted high-pitched magnanimous sublimate
34 雅致的
neat gracious graceful snappy PERT chic posh tasteful stylish tasty chick dainty fine delicate gent exalted swish snarky
35 巧妙的
deadly carny subtle tricksy delicate dazzling ingenious cunning deft clever artful masterly nice smart intelligent neat
36 雅致
neat elegantly elegancy chic posh tasteful tastefully slickly dash elegance delicacy gentility tasty chick gracious graceful dainty fine delicate gent exalted swish snarky finely grace finesse
37 高雅的
fine sophisticated tasty modest chic classy posh tasteful dainty seraphic upscale spirituel couth spirituelle attic smart polite dignified good stylish educated cultured cultivated genteel artistic superb distinguished elevated refined decent respectable exalted aristocratic chaste highbrow rosewater high-domed high-tone high-browed
39 漂亮
what-ho posh-looking prick-up spick-and-span well-looking well-favored niftic catish swellelegous swellish good pretty likely nice beautiful proper smart grand proud prime trick sharp trim brilliant gorgeous stylish keen wizard brave swell feat spicy chic heavenly spectator handsome chick classy plush spruce nifty dreamy posh nutty snappy knowing sassy smashing swish swagger dressy presentable snazzy saucy chipper pin-up peachy trig tony dinky wally spiffy ritzy nice-looking ducky knobby rakish dossy spiff tricksy high-toned voguish gradely dashy well-favoured slicked-up fair nicely bravely smartly handsomely prettily tosh class beauty drift brilliance swank prettiness pulchritude sug shapeliness presentability
40 优秀的
braw fine master Superior superb mega topping undeniable admirable eminent badass first-rate thoroughbred def high-toned crack quite a
41 极好的
superexcellent too-too mean old key select unique beautiful hot cool excellent heavy super wonderful solid awesome famous smooth tough royal grand rare crazy stunning brilliant gorgeous fabulous tremendous keen brave superb glorious terrific immense sovereign slick funky gone brag splendid fab clipping admirable daisy swinging scrumptious thumping spanking peachy slapping unequalled whiz-bang nailing fantabulous lulu tiptop plummy copacetic unexceptionable clinking walloping swingeing splendiferous corking braw bonzer forby skookum top-hole forbye gradely ace-high extra-fine wunderbar superduper yummy bottler stem-winding swave ten-carat ginger-peachy hotsy-totsy curl-the-mo out great fine rock proper fantastic champion prime tall boss shirt mess crucial wizard deadly curl swell mighty striking bully brutal bumper righteous wig savage outrageous boo mellow cracking nifty sanitary first-class brill bong blip first-rate four-star shag hummer helluva goodly tawny hunky George tuff ripping spiffy fizzing jammy tearing far-out tits unexcelled hunky-dory first-string shirty spiffing bang-up superfly mezz way-out out-of-sight jam-up peaches-and-cream peachy-keen gold-star dicty outasite spandy joint humdinger all wool and a yard wide real gone too too funny old hell of a
44 优美的
lovely picturesque graceful tasteful picture-postcard smooth fluid delicate balletic good free light pretty beautiful proper magnificent handsome polished polite exquisite airy gracious dainty thoroughbred goodly rosewater gainly grazioso fairy ethereal rosy gent flowery gracile dulcet lightsome lovesome clean-limbed featly
45 上等
slapup high choice fine superior splendid deluxe daisy goodly high-class swank first-string pukka gilt-edge swinging prime cachet of the first order
46 精确的
precisive close true express scientific curious precise precision deadly mathematical rigorous rigid pinpoint hairline exacting trig copybook
47 严谨的
50 高雅
fine sophisticated tasty modest chic classy posh tasteful dainty seraphic upscale spirituel couth spirituelle refinedly concinnity class grace elegance attic decency courtliness sophisticate smart polite dignified soigne Polish refinement good stylish educated cultured cultivated genteel tastefully stylishness artistic superb distinguished elevated refined decent respectable exalted aristocratic chaste highbrow rosewater high-domed high-tone high-browed gentlehood elevation cultivation chastity refine
51 简洁的
terse tight brief compact economical concise potted succinct chaste neat laconic snappy uncluttered spare short clean thumbnail compressed taut pithy telegraphic monosyllabic compendious sententious short-winded
53 漂亮雅致的