elegance 音标拼音: ['ɛləgəns]
n . 高雅,典雅,优雅
高雅,典雅,优雅
elegance n 1 :
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste ; "
she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility " [
ant :
{
inelegance }]
2 :
a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (
especially in science or mathematics );
"
the simplicity and elegance of his invention "
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Elegancy \
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n . [
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1 .
The state or quality of being elegant ;
beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly ;
grace given by art or practice ;
fine polish ;
refinement ; --
said of manners ,
language ,
style ,
form ,
architecture ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
That grace that elegance affords . --
Drayton .
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The endearing elegance of female friendship .
--
Johnson .
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A trait of native elegance ,
seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth ,
was shown in the General '
s fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers . --
Hawthorne .
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2 .
That which is elegant ;
that which is tasteful and highly attractive .
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The beautiful wildness of nature ,
without the nicer elegancies of art . --
Spectator .
Syn : {
Elegance }, {
Grace }.
Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty ,
which is usually produced by art ,
skill ,
or training ;
as ,
elegance of manners ,
composition ,
handwriting ,
etc .;
elegant furniture ;
an elegant house ,
etc .
Grace ,
as the word is here used ,
refers to bodily movements ,
and is a lower order of beauty .
It may be a natural gift ;
thus ,
the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful ,
but can hardly be called elegant .
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184 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elegance ":
Babylonian splendor ,
acquired taste ,
amenities ,
appreciation of excellence ,
arabesque ,
attractiveness ,
baroque ,
baroqueness ,
beauteousness ,
beautifulness ,
beauty ,
beauty unadorned ,
bloom ,
breeding ,
brilliance ,
charm ,
cheeseparing ,
chic ,
chinoiserie ,
choiceness ,
civilities ,
civility ,
civilized taste ,
civilizedness ,
clothes -
consciousness ,
comity ,
convention ,
courtliness ,
coxcombry ,
cultivated taste ,
cultivation ,
culture ,
daintiness ,
dandyism ,
decencies ,
decency ,
decorousness ,
decorum ,
delicacy ,
dignity ,
diplomatic code ,
discrimination ,
ease ,
economy ,
economy of assumption ,
economy of means ,
elaborateness ,
elegancies ,
etiquette ,
euphemism ,
euphuism ,
excellence ,
exquisite manners ,
exquisiteness ,
facility ,
fanciness ,
fastidiousness ,
fineness ,
finesse ,
flamboyance ,
floridity ,
floridness ,
flow ,
floweriness ,
fluency ,
foppery ,
foppishness ,
formalism ,
formalities ,
formality ,
frugality ,
genteelness ,
gentility ,
gentlemanlikeness ,
gentlemanliness ,
gentleness ,
glory ,
glow ,
good breeding ,
good form ,
good manners ,
good taste ,
goody -
goodness ,
goody -
goodyism ,
gorgeousness ,
grace ,
gracefulness ,
gracility ,
graciosity ,
graciousness ,
grandeur ,
grandiosity ,
grandness ,
handsomeness ,
imposingness ,
impressiveness ,
jauntiness ,
ladylikeness ,
lavishness ,
law of parsimony ,
loveliness ,
lushness ,
luxuriance ,
luxuriousness ,
luxury ,
magnificence ,
majesty ,
manners ,
modesty ,
mores ,
moresque ,
nattiness ,
natural politeness ,
neatness ,
niceness ,
nicety ,
nobility ,
ostentation ,
overelaborateness ,
overelegance ,
overniceness ,
overornamentation ,
overpreciseness ,
overrefinement ,
parsimoniousness ,
parsimony ,
pedantry ,
pinching ,
plushness ,
poetry ,
point of etiquette ,
polish ,
politeness ,
politesse ,
poshness ,
preciosity ,
preciousness ,
precisianism ,
prettiness ,
proprieties ,
propriety ,
protocol ,
proudness ,
pudency ,
pudicity ,
pulchritude ,
punctilio ,
purism ,
quality ,
quiet good manners ,
refinement ,
resplendence ,
richness ,
ritziness ,
rococo ,
rules of conduct ,
scrimping ,
seemliness ,
shame ,
sharpness ,
skimping ,
sleekness ,
smartness ,
smoothness ,
social code ,
social conduct ,
social graces ,
social procedures ,
social usage ,
sophistication ,
spiffiness ,
splendidness ,
splendiferousness ,
splendor ,
state ,
stateliness ,
stinting ,
style ,
subtlety ,
sumptuousness ,
taste ,
tastefulness ,
the beautiful ,
trimness
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