beauties n. 美丽,美的东西;美人(beauty的复数);美容化妆
- The beauties of the West Lake in spring were beyond his expectation.
西湖的春景要比他所预想的更加美丽。 - In the last game, David sprayed paint on the wall. Then three beauties walked out of it.
在最后的节目里大卫在墙上喷射上油漆,然后三个美女从墙里走了出来。 - Like any country, it is complex, it has its beauties and its ugliness, but I am struggling to get my head around the extremes it seems to straddle.
像其它任何一个国家一样,这是一个复杂多面的国家,既有她美丽的一面,也有她丑陋的一面,但我极力让我的思维跨越两个极端。
Beauty \Beau"ty\ (b[=u]"t[y^]), n.; pl. {Beauties}
(b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e],
Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from
L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
moral sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
--Locke.
The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
--Wordsworth.
The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school,
was, ``multitude in unity;'' and there is no doubt
that such is the principle of beauty. --Coleridge.
2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak.
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
beauty. --Jer. Taylor.
{Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
to heighten beauty by contrast.