pulchritude

n. 美丽

发音

其它 /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/
UK /ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd/
US /ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd/

词形变化

pulchritudes 复数 pulchritudes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Physical beauty.

    体态美

    不可数

    One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

beauty

下位词 3

curvaceousness shapeliness voluptuousness

词源

From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).

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