elegant

Word family

el·e·gant /ˈeləɡənt/ adjectiveadj

1 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGGRACEFULbeautiful, attractive, or graceful 高雅的，优美的

a tall, elegant young woman

身材高挑、举止优雅的年轻女子

You can dine in elegant surroundings.

你可以在雅致的环境中进餐。

2 EASYan idea or a plan that is elegant is very intelligent yet simple 〔想法或计划〕巧妙的，简洁的

an elegant solution to the problem

解决问题的一个巧妙方法

—elegantly adverbadv

—elegance noun [uncountableU]

the style and elegance of the designs

这些设计的优雅格调

Examples from the Corpus

elegant• She has to be funny, touching and innately elegant.• My first impression of the hull above my head was how elegant and how travel-worn it looked.• The house was elegant and well kept.• All the dancers looked so elegant as they moved slowly round the room.• She was wearing an elegant black suit.• Jody manages to look elegant, even in a simple pantsuit.• The elegant figure of Mr Reed appeared in the doorway.• Tilney arrives with his sister, a more reserved and elegant girl than Isabella.• elegant handwriting• We first met him at an elegant hotel in the uptown district of Manhattan.• He was a tall, elegant man, silver-haired and beautifully dressed.• Her good looks and confident, elegant manner made her the centre of attention.• The plain black dress set off her elegant neck.• She was wearing her favourite yellow linen dress and pretty cream high-heeled shoes with Jim's pearls gleaming against her elegant neck.• Vienna is a city of grand public buildings and elegant private ones.• Furnished to a very high standard, large elegant Restaurant with extensive menus.• an elegant rosewood dining table• Ludens also noticed her small feet, clad in expensive discreetly elegant shoes.• an elegant solution• She had captured his father by promising an elegant uncluttered lifestyle very different from the neglected unhappy home he had come from.• An elegant young woman sat at the next table, sipping a cocktail.

elegant surroundings• The Consort Select menu and elegant surroundings.• The management prides itself on offering comfortable accommodation in elegant surroundings, and puts an emphasis on providing excellent service.• That's the unanimous verdict of shoppers who are impressed by the elegant surroundings, high quality shops and first rate service.

Origin elegant

(1400-1500) French Latin elegans “specially chosen as being of good quality”, from eligere; → ELECT1

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