handsome

英 ['h?ns(?)m] 美['h?ns?m]

反義詞

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比較級(jí):?handsomer;最高級(jí):?handsomest;副詞:?handsomely;名詞:?handsomeness;

handsome 靈巧的，英俊的，瀟灑的，大方的

來自hand的引申義，即手邊的，方便的，-some,形容詞后綴。后來引申靈巧的，體貼的，大方的，慷慨的等多種詞義，但主要用于形容男子瀟灑的，英俊的，實(shí)質(zhì)上即暖男。

handsome: handsome: see hand
handsome (adj.): c. 1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fit, appropriate" (1550s, implied in handsomely), then "having fine form, good-looking, agreeable to the eye" (1580s). Meaning "generous, on a liberal scale" (of rewards, etc.) first recorded 1680s.
[Americans] use the word "handsome" much more extensively than we do: saying that Webster made a handsome speech in the Senate: that a lady talks handsomely, (eloquently:) that a book sells handsomely. A gentleman asked me on the Catskill Mountain, whether I thought the sun handsomer there than at New York. [Harriet Martineau, "Society in America," 1837]
Related: Handsomeness. For sense development, compare pretty (adj.). Similar formation in Dutch handzaam "tractable, serviceable."

1. The opposition won a handsome victory in the election.: 反對(duì)黨在競選中以高票獲勝。

2. Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father.: 湯姆某些地方長得和他那帥氣的父親一模一樣，只是年輕一些。

3. He was a slim, solemn, darkly handsome young man.: 他是個(gè)身材修長、表情莊重、皮膚黝黑的帥小伙。