| 单词 | is beautiful |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— is beautiful P1. —— is beautiful [probably after black is beautiful at black adj. and n. Phrases 9] : (with an adjective as grammatical subject) used (esp. in slogans) to assert the beauty or value of having a specified quality, attribute, etc., which is often or traditionally viewed negatively by others. Later also used to state that a specified quality (esp. one regarded as undesirable by the writer or speaker) is generally popular or fashionable.In slogans, frequently used to express pride in personal identity by groups campaigning for political equality or public acceptance.Recorded earliest in big is beautiful at big adj. and adv. Phrases 5. ΚΠ 1969 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. 54/7 Some of the curlers weighed in at close to 400 pounds... The Shopsowitz rink came as..hippies. On the back of each..was a sign that read: Big is Beautiful. 1969 Observer 27 Apr. 11/3 We'd joke about Fat Power. We'd lift up a clenched fist and say: ‘Fat is beautiful.’ 1969 San Francisco Free Press 16 Oct. 8 Revolutionary action is inevitable and necessary. Gay is beautiful. 1975 Washington Post 7 May c7 The concept that gray is beautiful—and that so are wrinkles and retirement—does not come easily. 1976 R. Selzer Mortal Lessons iii. 148 Let your balditude be boldly proclaimed. Bald is beautiful! 1986 R. L. Rubinstein Singular Paths App. 2, 245 Centers..try to counter the social stigma attached to being old through a kind of group-consciousness-raising (an attitude of ‘Old is beautiful’) and an inversion of the popular stereotype of old. 2010 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 10 Jan. 13 We live in an age of unquestioning sycophancy to stars, where bland is beautiful. < as lemmas |
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