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elegant

adjective
 
🔊/ˈelɪɡənt/
🔊/ˈelɪɡənt/
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  1.  
    (of people or their behaviour人或行为) attractive and showing a good sense of style优美的；文雅的 synonym stylish
    • She was tall and elegant.她身材修长，优雅大方。🔊🔊
    • the quietly elegant wives of the directors董事们既文静又优雅的夫人
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  2.  
    (of clothes, places and things衣服、地方和物品) attractive and designed well漂亮雅致的；陈设讲究的；精美的 synonym stylish
    • an elegant dress高雅的连衣裙
    • an elegant room/restaurant雅致的房间／餐厅
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    • The beautifully elegant spire rises to a height of 80 metres.美丽优雅的尖塔上升到80米的高度。
    • the foyer of an impossibly elegant Paris hotel巴黎一家极为优雅的酒店的门厅
    • Guests can dine and relax in comfortable elegant surroundings.客人可以在舒适高雅的环境中用餐和休息。
    • the artist's supremely elegant portraits of society beauties艺术家所作的极为雅致的社交名媛画像
    • She was looking for something cool and elegant to wear.她想找件时髦雅致的衣服穿。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  3. (of a plan or an idea计划或想法) clever but simple简练的；简洁的；简明的
    • an elegant solution to the problem解决这个问题的简要方法
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, or from Latin elegans, elegant-, related to eligere ‘choose, select’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.