英语词汇“pretty as paint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. (as) pretty as paint (also a picture, a speckled pup, etc.): extremely pretty.

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1844 United Service Mag. Dec. 542 She's as pretty as a pictur, and as straight as a candle.

1860 Godey's Lady's Bk. June 564 First in the list of cousins stands Grace, my especial pet and companion, a tiny blonde, pretty as a picture, and full of life and fun.

1892 Herald & Torch Light (Hagerstown, Maryland) 22 Dec. 6/3 Passenger Locomotive no. 30..will be sent out on the road from the shops next week as pretty as paint can make her.

1906 Dial. Notes 3 151 Pretty as a speckled pup,..exceedingly pretty.

1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 176 He stared..across at the grouped rustic buildings, all as pretty as paint.

1926 M. J. Atkinson in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 88 As pretty as a speckled pup under a new-painted buggy.

1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes vi. 77 Cook said it was as pretty as a picture, and Clara that it put her in mind of something off a Christmas card.

1992 Daily Mirror TV Weekly 3 Oct. 3/1 Blushing bride Melanie looks as pretty as a picture as she cuddles up to new hubby Joe Mangel.

单词	pretty as paint
释义	> as lemmas (as) pretty as paint (also a picture, a speckled pup, etc.) e. (as) pretty as paint (also a picture, a speckled pup, etc.): extremely pretty. ΚΠ 1844 United Service Mag. Dec. 542 She's as pretty as a pictur, and as straight as a candle. 1860 Godey's Lady's Bk. June 564 First in the list of cousins stands Grace, my especial pet and companion, a tiny blonde, pretty as a picture, and full of life and fun. 1892 Herald & Torch Light (Hagerstown, Maryland) 22 Dec. 6/3 Passenger Locomotive no. 30..will be sent out on the road from the shops next week as pretty as paint can make her. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 151 Pretty as a speckled pup,..exceedingly pretty. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 176 He stared..across at the grouped rustic buildings, all as pretty as paint. 1926 M. J. Atkinson in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 88 As pretty as a speckled pup under a new-painted buggy. 1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes vi. 77 Cook said it was as pretty as a picture, and Clara that it put her in mind of something off a Christmas card. 1992 Daily Mirror TV Weekly 3 Oct. 3/1 Blushing bride Melanie looks as pretty as a picture as she cuddles up to new hubby Joe Mangel. extracted from prettyadj.n.int. < as lemmas
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