handsome

英语

词源

继承自中古英语 handsum、hondsom，等同于hand +‎ -some。对照荷兰语 handzaam、德国低地德语 handsaam。原意是指“容易处理和使用”，因此便出现了“合适的”和“灵巧的，聪明的”等含义（16世纪中期），并产生了表示欣赏的现代化含义（16世纪晚期）。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhæn.səm/或偶尔读作/ˈhænd.səm/~/ˈhænt.səm/

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• 韵部：-ænsəm
• 断字：hand‧some
• 同音词：Hansom (典型)

形容词

handsome (比较级 more handsome 或 handsomer，最高级 most handsome 或 handsomest)

1. 外表英俊、帅气、有吸引力，好看
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   • 1916, On H.R. 4683, site for post-office building at Chicago, Ill，第 117 页:

     On the opposite side of the street, on the corner, is the city hall, a very handsome building of brick and stone.

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   • 1917, Anton Chekhov, 译者 Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories‎^[1], Project Gutenberg, →ISBN，第 71 页:

     The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

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   • 2006, Richard Leviton, The Gods in Their Cities, iUniverse, →ISBN，第 44 页:

     Often, human mortals describe their visits to the Tuatha's [places] in similar terms: they were great bright places, occupied by exceedingly handsome men and women, that sported wonderful crystal chairs, inexhaustible supplies of mead or ale ...

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   That is one handsome tree you've got there.

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