bijou

adjective
🔊/ˈbiːʒuː/
🔊/ˈbiːʒuː/
[only before noun] (British English, sometimes ironic)
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  1. (of a building or a garden建筑或花园) small but attractive and fashionable小巧玲珑的;小而别致的
    • The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence.房子十分狭小拥挤,但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。🔊🔊
    Topics Buildingsc2
    Word OriginFrench, from Breton bizou ‘finger ring’, from biz ‘finger’.