beauty
noun/ˈbjuːti/
(plural beauties)
Слово англійською: beauty
Переклад beauty українською: ро́зкіш, краса́, кра́ля, красу́нечка, красу́ня, сало́н краси́
Детальний опис
- [uncountable] the quality of giving pleasure to the senses or to the mind
- beauty of something the beauty of the sunset/of poetry/of his singing
- The woods were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.
- beauty products/treatments (= intended to make a person more beautiful)
- His voice is a thing of beauty.
- The sheer beauty of the scenery took my breath away.
- a woman of great beauty
- [countable] a person or thing that is beautiful
- She does not consider herself a beauty.
- Isn't she a little beauty?
- She was known as a great beauty in her time.
- The black horse was a beauty.
- [countable] an excellent example of its type
- That last goal was a beauty!
- My new car's a real beauty!
- [countable] an attractive feature synonym advantage
- One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful.
- The project will require very little work to start up; that's the beauty of it.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French beaute, based on Latin bellus ‘beautiful, fine’.
Idioms
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- (saying) people all have different ideas about what is beautiful
beauty is only skin-deep
- (saying) how a person looks is less important than their character