prettiness
n. 漂亮,可愛
If you describe someone, especially a girl, as pretty, you mean that they look nice and are attractive in a delicate way.
She's a very charming and very pretty girl.
她是一個非常迷人的漂亮女孩。
A place or a thing that is pretty is attractive and pleasant, in a charming but not particularly unusual way.
Whitstable is still a very pretty little town.
惠特斯特布林仍然是一個非常漂亮的小鎮。
...comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print.
罩著漂亮的印花布的舒適沙發
You can use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean 'quite' or 'rather'.
I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do...
我很清楚她會怎麼做。
Pretty soon after my arrival I found lodgings.
我到達之後,很快就找到了住處。
Pretty much or pretty well means 'almost'.
His new government looks pretty much like the old one...
他的新政府看起來和舊政府沒什麼兩樣。
I travel pretty well every week.
我幾乎每週都出去旅行。
If you say that someone is sitting pretty, you mean that they are in a good, safe, or comfortable position.
When the war started, they thought they were sitting pretty, because they had all that extra grain.
戰爭開始的時候,他們認為自己境況不錯,因為他們糧食準備充足。
1. the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
Her prettiness had been much admired.
她的美貌讓眾人羨慕不已。
He hated the superficiality, the neon glamour and the cheap prettiness of life in L.A.
他痛恨洛杉磯浮華淺薄、燈紅酒綠、紙醉金迷的生活。
Such youth and prettiness reacted upon him more subtly than wine.
如此青春的美色,比醇酒更令他沉醉入迷.
Her prettiness, wax - like in its quality, fascinated him; her indifference aroused perhaps his combative soul.
她的美貌,白晰脂潤的美質迷住了他, 她的冷若冰霜也許又激動了他好勝的靈魂.
Prettiness makes no pottage.
漂亮不能當飯吃.