| 词汇 | beauty |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 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. 词根记忆： n. 美,美丽;美人,美丽的事物Her beauty is magical.她美丽无比. |
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