handsome 音標拼音: [h'ænsəm]
a .
漂亮的,標致的,端莊的;慷慨的,大方的,可觀的,相當的
漂亮的,標致的,端莊的;慷慨的,大方的,可觀的,相當的
handsome adj 1 :
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion ; "
a fine -
looking woman ";
"
a good -
looking man "; "
better -
looking than her sister ";
"
very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome "-
Thackeray ; "
our southern women are well -
favored "-
Lillian Hellman [
synonym : {
fine -
looking }, {
good -
looking }, {
better -
looking }, {
handsome }, {
well -
favored }, {
well -
favoured }]
2 :
given or giving freely ; "
was a big tipper "; "
the bounteous goodness of God "; "
bountiful compliments "; "
a freehanded host "; "
a handsome allowance "; "
Saturday '
s child is loving and giving "; "
a liberal backer of the arts "; "
a munificent gift "; "
her fond and openhanded grandfather " [
synonym : {
big },
{
bighearted }, {
bounteous }, {
bountiful }, {
freehanded },
{
handsome }, {
giving }, {
liberal }, {
openhanded }]
Handsome \
Hand "
some \ (
h [
a ^]
n "
s [
u ^]
m ;
277 ),
a . [
Compar .
{
Handsomer } (-[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Handsomest }.] [
Hand -
some .
It at first meant ,
dexterous ;
cf .
D .
handzaam dexterous ,
ready ,
limber ,
manageable ,
and E .
handy .]
1 .
Dexterous ;
skillful ;
handy ;
ready ;
convenient ; --
applied to things as persons . [
Obs .]
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That they [
engines of war ]
be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about .
--
Robynson (
Utopia ).
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For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him . --
Spenser .
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2 .
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste ;
having a pleasing appearance or expression ;
attractive ;
having symmetry and dignity ;
comely ; --
expressing more than pretty ,
and less than beautiful ;
as ,
a handsome man or woman ;
a handsome garment ,
house ,
tree ,
horse .
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3 .
Suitable or fit in action ;
marked with propriety and ease ;
graceful ;
becoming ;
appropriate ;
as ,
a handsome style ,
etc .
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Easiness and handsome address in writing . --
Felton .
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4 .
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character ;
liberal ;
generous .
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Handsome is as handsome does . --
Old Proverb .
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5 .
Ample ;
moderately large .
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He . . .
accumulated a handsome sum of money . --
V .
Knox .
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{
To do the handsome thing },
to act liberally . [
Colloq .]
Syn : {
Handsome }, {
Pretty }.
Usage :
Pretty applies to things comparatively small ,
which please by their delicacy and grace ;
as ,
a pretty girl ,
a pretty flower ,
a pretty cottage .
Handsome rises higher ,
and is applied to objects on a larger scale .
We admire what is handsome ,
we are pleased with what is pretty .
The word is connected with hand ,
and has thus acquired the idea of training ,
cultivation ,
symmetry ,
and proportion ,
which enters so largely into our conception of handsome .
Thus Drayton makes mention of handsome players ,
meaning those who are well trained ;
and hence we speak of a man '
s having a handsome address ,
which is the result of culture ;
of a handsome horse or dog ,
which implies well proportioned limbs ;
of a handsome face ,
to which ,
among other qualities ,
the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are essential ;
of a handsome tree ,
and a handsome house or villa .
So ,
from this idea of proportion or suitableness ,
we have ,
with a different application ,
the expressions ,
a handsome fortune ,
a handsome offer .
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Handsome \
Hand "
some \,
v .
t .
To render handsome . [
Obs .] --
Donne [
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80 Moby Thesaurus words for "
handsome ":
abundant ,
aesthetic ,
aesthetically appealing ,
ample ,
attractive ,
august ,
beauteous ,
beautiful ,
big ,
bighearted ,
bonny ,
bounteous ,
bountiful ,
chic ,
chivalrous ,
comely ,
considerable ,
dashing ,
elegant ,
elevated ,
endowed with beauty ,
exalted ,
exquisite ,
eye -
filling ,
fair ,
fashionable ,
fine ,
flowerlike ,
free ,
freehanded ,
freehearted ,
generous ,
giving ,
good ,
good -
looking ,
goodly ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
gracious ,
great ,
great of heart ,
greathearted ,
heavy ,
heroic ,
high ,
high -
minded ,
hospitable ,
idealistic ,
knightly ,
large ,
largehearted ,
lavish ,
liberal ,
lofty ,
lovely ,
magnanimous ,
majestic ,
modish ,
munificent ,
noble ,
noble -
minded ,
open ,
openhanded ,
openhearted ,
pretty ,
princely ,
profuse ,
pulchritudinous ,
sizeable ,
smart ,
stately ,
stintless ,
stylish ,
sublime ,
substantial ,
ungrudging ,
unselfish ,
unsparing ,
unstinted ,
unstinting
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