如何形容美女
在中文里我们有很多形容美女的词汇或成语, 如天姿国色,沉鱼落雁, 倾国倾城, 闭月羞花等等… 英语中用来形容女孩子的字眼也不少, 但跟中文比起来就真的是小巫见大巫了。不知道那种语言里还有更多的语汇来形容美女。
1. 天姿国色:one can use heavenly beauty (e.g, She is a heavenly beauty/ she is heavenly/She is heavenly beautiful), angelic, unearthly (e.g. unearthly beautiful), and goddess (as in “She is a goddess.”)
Similar to 天姿国色 and 独一无二, 无以伦比, words that come to mind at the spur of the moment include unique, one-of-a-kind, unsurpassing/unsurpassable, has no equal, unequaled, incomparable, unmatched/unmatchable, second to none, and unrivaled.
例如:Her beauty is unequaled/unmatchable/unique in all the land.
注意:把天姿国色译成 “ surpassing beauty.”或“ Reigning 1 beauty” 是错的。
2. 沉鱼落雁:Drop-dead gorgeous. Drop-dead means extremely. (=You can die on the spot due to the shock of seeing such stunning 2 beauty.) A face one could die for, stunning/Stunningly beautiful.
注意:“ She could charm the birds from the trees” 的意思并不是她有沉鱼落雁之容,而是她能用甜蜜的嗓音、话语劝说小鸟从树上落下,或者她有魔法让小鸟从树上落下的意思。
“…beauty to shut out the moon …make fish sink and geese settle…” are good translations, but not what we are looking for here.
3. 倾国倾城.:"The face that launched a thousand ships" is a reference to Helen of Troy in Homer’s Iliad. 荷马史诗中的 特洛伊的海伦.In the Epic 3, Helen is the femme-fatale that caused the fall of Troy. (femme-fatale 致命的女人 or 红颜祸水. )
例如: She has a face that could launch a thousand ships.
4. 秀色可餐:可用 “she is a dish”, although that is considered rather vulgar.
其他说法:delectable 4, luscious 5, mouth-watering,
5. 养眼:a feast for the eyes/ a sight for sore eyes
6. 出水芙蓉: Venus rising from the sea.(also known as: Venus on a half shell)
7. 她很丰满 :There are lots of English words for that!
例如:She is stacked/ well stacked. 这是俚语,在正式场合中最好避免使用。
其他说法:She has a great figure/an hourglass figure. She is curvaceous, well-built, well-proportioned, shapely, statuesque,…
8. 秀气,高雅,有气质:elegant, classy, refined, graceful 6, cultured, chic 7, majestic 8, exquisite 9, polished…
9. 性感 :sexy, sensual, sensuous 10, seductive, hot, titillating 11, erotic, voluptuous 12
副词形容程度:
1. She is a woman of uncompromising beauty and elegance 13.
Uncompromising.
adj. Unwilling 14 to grant concessions 15 or negotiate; inflexible 16
不妥协的, 强硬的, 不让步的
In the context above, it means 100%.
2. She is hauntingly beautiful.
Haunting adj. Continually recurring 17 to the mind; unforgettable: a haunting melody. 常浮现于脑海中的, 不易忘怀的
其他相关说法:
Captivating To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence 18 迷住,
Ravishing Extremely attractive; entrancing.令人陶醉的, 迷人的, 引人入胜的
Enchanting 19 To attract and delight; entrance. 使迷惑
Bewitching To captivate completely; entrance.使销魂, 使陶醉
Stunning Of a strikingly attractive appearance.足以使人晕倒的,
Lovely 可爱的, 美女
Charming alluring or pleasing吸引力, 魅力,
- The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑,星很繁,夜阑人静。
- Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下,他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。
- His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
- The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
- I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
- They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
- What delectable food you cook!你做的食品真好吃!
- But today the delectable seafood is no longer available in abundance.但是今天这种可口的海味已不再大量存在。
- The watermelon was very luscious.Everyone wanted another slice.西瓜很可口,每个人都想再来一片。
- What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips!我最喜欢的是盖比那性感饱满的双唇!
- His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
- The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
- She bought a chic little hat.她买了一顶别致的小帽子。
- The chic restaurant is patronized by many celebrities.这家时髦的饭店常有名人光顾。
- In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
- He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。
- I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
- I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
- Don't get the idea that value of music is commensurate with its sensuous appeal.不要以为音乐的价值与其美的感染力相等。
- The flowers that wreathed his parlor stifled him with their sensuous perfume.包围著客厅的花以其刺激人的香味使他窒息。
- Titillating the public now could help sales of Peptide 7 latet on. 现在刺激一下公众,对将来缩氨酸7号的销售可能还会有好处呢。 来自辞典例句
- The nobility led voluptuous lives.贵族阶层过着骄奢淫逸的生活。
- The dancer's movements were slow and voluptuous.舞女的动作缓慢而富挑逗性。
- The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.这个房间的家具带给这房间一种优雅的气氛。
- John has been known for his sartorial elegance.约翰因为衣着讲究而出名。
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
- His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
- The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。
- This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
- For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言,它经过了一个反复考验的时期。
- His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
- My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
- His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑,活脱儿象他父亲。
- Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方,我又向往又害怕。