/'bju:tɪfl; `bjutəfəl/
adj
1 having beauty; giving pleasure to the senses or the mind 美丽的; 美观的; 美好的
*a beautiful face, baby, flower, view, voice, poem, smell, morning 美妙的脸庞、婴儿、花朵、景物、声音、诗歌、气味、早晨
* beautiful weather, music, chocolate 极好的天气、音乐、巧克力.
2 very satisfactory 极其满意的
*The organization was beautiful. 组织工作极佳.
* What beautiful timing! 时间正合适!

NOTE ON USAGE 用法
*When describing people, beautiful and pretty are generally used of women and children, and handsome of men. 形容人的时候, beautiful和pretty一般用于妇女儿童, 而handsome则用于男子. They all relate to the pleasing appearance of the face. 这些词都可指容貌悦目. Beautiful is a serious and approving description, suggesting elegance and perfection. *beautiful是个有分量的、表示赞许的形容词, 含有高雅和完美的意思. Pretty may suggest a delicate feminine appearance and can be used disapprovingly of men. *pretty可指娇媚温柔的容貌, 但也可用于男子, 含贬义. Handsome may be applied to women and suggest dignity and maturity.*handsome可用于指妇女, 含有端庄和成熟的意思. Good-looking and attractive are used of both men and women. *good-looking和attractive用于男女均可. Fair (meaning `beautiful') is archaic. *fair（作beautiful解的词义）已不通用. All these adjectives except attractive can be used of animals and all except good-looking with inanimate and abstract nouns 所有这些形容词, 除attractive外, 均可用于动物, 而除good-looking外, 均可与指无生命的和抽象的名词连用
*a beautiful/an attractive voice 优美的[动人的]嗓子
* a handsome/good-looking horse 漂亮的[好看的]马
* a beautiful/pretty village 美丽的[漂亮的]村庄
* a handsome/an attractive offer 优厚的[打动人的]条件.

adj
someone or something that is beautiful is extremely attractive to look at
　She was even more beautiful than I had remembered.
　a beautiful bunch of flowers
very good or giving you great pleasure
= lovely
　beautiful music
　What a beautiful shot!
　The weather was beautiful.
>beautifullyadv

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WORD CHOICE: beautiful, pretty, handsome, good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, stunning
beautiful is used to describe someone, usually a woman or child, who is attractive in a very special and noticeable way.
pretty is usually used to describe a girl or woman who is good-looking, with regular features. It can also be used to describe a boy or young man who has an attractive but feminine face.
handsome is usually used to describe a man or boy who is good-looking, with strong regular features. It can also be used to describe a woman, usually an older woman, who has attractive but masculine features.
good-looking can be used to describe anyone who you think is nice to look at.
attractive is used to describe someone who looks good in a way that attracts sexual interest : I can see he's handsome, but I don't find him very attractive.
gorgeous and stunning are emphatic ways of saying that someone is very attractive. Gorgeous is used mostly in spoken English.

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