| 单词 | beauty and the beast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBeauty and the Beast d. Beauty and the Beast: a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple. [After Beauty and the Beast, the title of a fairy tale first published in English in 1811 (attributed to Charles and Mary Ann Lamb), in which Beauty saves her father's life by agreeing to live with the Beast; the tale is probably derived from G. F. Straparola Le Piacevoli Notti (1550) where it is untitled, but the standard English title is probably a translation of the French La Belle et la Bête.] ΚΠ 1740 La jeune amériquaine et les contes marins I. 51 (title) La belle et la bête. 1781 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Theatre of Educ. I. 31 (title of play) The beauty and the monster. 1811 (title) Beauty and the Beast; or, a Rough outside with a gentle heart.] 1865 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. vii, in Fortn. Rev. 1 July 403 It's a pity he shouldn't be a lover of yours..it would be such a fine instance of Beauty and the Beast. 1892 I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 63 Beauty and the Beast made a rare couple under the wedding canopy. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 353 Pretty girls and ugly men marrying. Beauty and the beast. 1998 Daily Mail (Electronic ed.) 27 July On screen was the beauty-and-the-beast pairing of Paul and the lovely Sue Hanson as ‘Miss Diane’ that captivated audiences. < as lemmas |
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