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

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Adjective This white shape stood apart by the hedge alone. From her position he knew it to be the pretty maiden with whom he had not danced. Trifling as the matter was, he yet instinctively felt that she was hurt by his oversight.

Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1891 Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 He made a pretty profit selling his antique car. She received a pretty sum of money. Adverb By taunting the police, beating drums and throwing rocks, the rioters make it pretty clear that they want not a rational debate but the world's attention …

Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2001 … I could pretty much go wherever I felt a story led …

Roy Blount, Jr., New York Times Book Review, 9 Mar. 1986 … regards most of us as pretty irrevocably plunged in illusion.

Iris Murdoch, The Fire and the Sun, 1977 The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, 1851 “Did you put the keys on the table?” “I'm pretty sure I did.” The teams are pretty equally matched. The work is pretty hard. I have to leave pretty soon. The movie was pretty good but not great. They've accomplished some pretty amazing things. She was driving pretty fast. Verb She prettied the cake with icing, sprinkles, and nuts. See More

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Adjective

But that was not pretty, The effort is there, not the execution.

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Even though my manicure has completely chipped down to horrendous flecks of holographic teal, Camo peers down at them and tells me the color is pretty — as if my nails are also a purposeful aesthetic choice.

Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2022 The new cast is pretty, but vacant, and the plot lines are weird and dull, sinking the reboot like a lead balloon on the steps of the Met.

Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The result isn’t pretty: On a year-over-year basis, existing home sales and new home sales are down 20.2% and 29.6%, respectively.

Lance Lambert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 Every work of art that hangs on a museum wall has a story behind it, and that story isn’t always pretty.

Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 Anyone looking for their new go-to swimsuit needs to check out Amazon's secret Outlet store that's bursting with bright, pretty, and fun bathing suits — and picks are up to 50 percent off right now.

Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022 The game wasn’t pretty, and didn’t feature many of either team’s key players.

Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 The sight is not pretty and gives good reason why politicians, and politics generally, are often held in richly deserved contempt by many Americans.

Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022

Adverb

Hawk is on the side of the good guys and seems to be a pretty good kid again.

Evan Romano, Men's Health, 11 Sep. 2022 Thursday looks pretty good, too, as mostly sunny and dry conditions continue.

Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 Suze: There’s a ton of Suze competitors, and most of them are pretty good.

Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2022 Watch out, because this offense can be pretty good.

Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Luckily for us, Morgan is pretty good with a brush.

Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Annoying news content also shows up in the new tab page in Microsoft Edge (which is pretty good otherwise).

Justin Pot, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 There’s a pretty good chance the best player on Hillary Park’s Grossmont High girl tennis team is — coach Hillary Park.

Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 The Bears looked pretty good in a win over UC Davis and have a chance to move to 2-0 before a Week 3 game at Notre Dame.

Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022

Noun

This drive along the northern New England coast takes just over three hours, but is filled with charm: think endless beaches, fishing harbors, artist colonies, and postcard-pretty villages clinging to the edge of the water.

Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2020 Most people seem to agree — the bartenders have a habit of making the drinks in a pretty row at the bar, in the style of the Irish coffee pros at Buena Vista Cafe.

Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019 That was 2013 and the beginning of the time when models who weren’t cookie-cutter-pretty were getting booked.

Amanda Fitzsimons, Glamour, 1 June 2018 For my mom, who still keeps her recipes on index cards, this beyond-pretty box.

Meredith Rollins, Redbook, 1 Dec. 2013 Pretty late in the game for a free agent to be looking for a new ride.

Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2017 Wick’s Pizza, 12717 Shelbyville Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 (Prism Petals); 975 Baxter Ave., 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 (Pretty Plumes).

The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2017 Pretty says he's known for having a sense of humor on his spots, and people seeing it all over the country wouldn't be aware of that.

Luke O'neil, Esquire, 29 June 2017

Verb

Like other quarantine micro-trends—sourdough starters, for one—the drink grew popular online for being both easy to make and pretty to photograph.

Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2020 In other words, despite the gaping asymmetries of information between the industry and the public, brokerages still shell out big-time to pretty up their BrokerCheck reputations.

Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020 While all real estate is local, as the saying goes, the one constant is that February is the month when the spring market looms and sellers nationwide begin prettying their properties and readying them to list.

Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020 Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa—what kind of animal spends all their waking hours prettying up their vehicle and then stores it in the air?

Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2019 The backdrop of drab civic office buildings is being prettied up with dozens of massive murals from some of the city’s resident artists.

Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019 The use of filters can help signal a benign post: People don’t tend to pretty up their victimizing.

Katy Steinmetz, Time, 8 July 2019 The Ugly Other games that are not as beautifulVerdict: Lots of stuff to do and pretty things to look at, but few fresh ideas.

Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018 One of the ideas envisioned by Vivo is to take in a full body scan of a person and then feed that information to a beautification AI that would more intelligently and proportionately pretty you up.

Vlad Savov, The Verge, 27 June 2018 See More

单词	pretty
释义	pretty 1 of 4 adjective pret·ty ˈpri-tē ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- prettier; prettiest 1 a : artful, clever b : pat, apt 2 a : pleasing by delicacy or grace b : having conventionally accepted elements of beauty c : appearing or sounding pleasant or nice but lacking strength, force, manliness, purpose, or intensity pretty words that make no sense Elizabeth B. Browning 3 a : miserable, terrible a pretty mess you've gotten us into b chiefly Scotland : stout 4 : moderately large : considerable a very pretty profit cost a pretty penny 5 : easy to enjoy : pleasant —usually used in negative constructions reality is not so pretty Caleb Solomon prettily ˈpri-tə-lē ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- adverb prettyish ˈpri-tē-ish ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- adjective pretty 2 of 4 adverb pret·ty ˈpri-tē ˈpər- also ˈpru̇-; before "near(ly)" often ˈpərt, or ˈprit, or ˈpru̇t 1 a : in some degree : moderately pretty cold weather b : quite, mainly the wound was … pretty bad Walt Whitman 2 : in a gracefully pleasing manner : prettily pop vocalists who can sing pretty Gerald Levitch pretty 3 of 4 noun pret·ty ˈpri-tē ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- plural pretties 1 pretties plural : dainty clothes especially : lingerie 2 : a pretty person or thing pretty 4 of 4 verb pret·ty ˈpri-tē ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- prettied; prettying transitive verb : to make pretty —usually used with up curtains to pretty up the room Phrases pretty much : mainly, largely Synonyms Adjective agreeable blessed blest congenial darling delectable delicious delightful delightsome dreamy dulcet enjoyable felicitous good grateful gratifying heavenly jolly luscious nice palatable pleasant pleasing pleasurable satisfying savory savoury sweet tasty welcome Adverb enough fairly kind of kindly [chiefly Southern] like moderately more or less quite rather relatively something somewhat sort of Verb adorn array beautify bedeck bedizen blazon caparison deck decorate do do up doll up drape dress embellish emblaze emboss enrich fancify fancy up festoon garnish glitz (up) grace gussy up ornament trim See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective This white shape stood apart by the hedge alone. From her position he knew it to be the pretty maiden with whom he had not danced. Trifling as the matter was, he yet instinctively felt that she was hurt by his oversight. Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1891 Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 He made a pretty profit selling his antique car. She received a pretty sum of money. Adverb By taunting the police, beating drums and throwing rocks, the rioters make it pretty clear that they want not a rational debate but the world's attention … Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2001 … I could pretty much go wherever I felt a story led … Roy Blount, Jr., New York Times Book Review, 9 Mar. 1986 … regards most of us as pretty irrevocably plunged in illusion. Iris Murdoch, The Fire and the Sun, 1977 The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, 1851 “Did you put the keys on the table?” “I'm pretty sure I did.” The teams are pretty equally matched. The work is pretty hard. I have to leave pretty soon. The movie was pretty good but not great. They've accomplished some pretty amazing things. She was driving pretty fast. Verb She prettied the cake with icing, sprinkles, and nuts. See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective But that was not pretty, The effort is there, not the execution. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Even though my manicure has completely chipped down to horrendous flecks of holographic teal, Camo peers down at them and tells me the color is pretty — as if my nails are also a purposeful aesthetic choice. Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2022 The new cast is pretty, but vacant, and the plot lines are weird and dull, sinking the reboot like a lead balloon on the steps of the Met. Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The result isn’t pretty: On a year-over-year basis, existing home sales and new home sales are down 20.2% and 29.6%, respectively. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 Every work of art that hangs on a museum wall has a story behind it, and that story isn’t always pretty. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 Anyone looking for their new go-to swimsuit needs to check out Amazon's secret Outlet store that's bursting with bright, pretty, and fun bathing suits — and picks are up to 50 percent off right now. Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022 The game wasn’t pretty, and didn’t feature many of either team’s key players. Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 The sight is not pretty and gives good reason why politicians, and politics generally, are often held in richly deserved contempt by many Americans. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Adverb Hawk is on the side of the good guys and seems to be a pretty good kid again. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 11 Sep. 2022 Thursday looks pretty good, too, as mostly sunny and dry conditions continue. Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 Suze: There’s a ton of Suze competitors, and most of them are pretty good. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2022 Watch out, because this offense can be pretty good. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Luckily for us, Morgan is pretty good with a brush. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Annoying news content also shows up in the new tab page in Microsoft Edge (which is pretty good otherwise). Justin Pot, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 There’s a pretty good chance the best player on Hillary Park’s Grossmont High girl tennis team is — coach Hillary Park. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 The Bears looked pretty good in a win over UC Davis and have a chance to move to 2-0 before a Week 3 game at Notre Dame. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Noun This drive along the northern New England coast takes just over three hours, but is filled with charm: think endless beaches, fishing harbors, artist colonies, and postcard-pretty villages clinging to the edge of the water. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2020 Most people seem to agree — the bartenders have a habit of making the drinks in a pretty row at the bar, in the style of the Irish coffee pros at Buena Vista Cafe. Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019 That was 2013 and the beginning of the time when models who weren’t cookie-cutter-pretty were getting booked. Amanda Fitzsimons, Glamour, 1 June 2018 For my mom, who still keeps her recipes on index cards, this beyond-pretty box. Meredith Rollins, Redbook, 1 Dec. 2013 Pretty late in the game for a free agent to be looking for a new ride. Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2017 Wick’s Pizza, 12717 Shelbyville Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 (Prism Petals); 975 Baxter Ave., 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 (Pretty Plumes). The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2017 Pretty says he's known for having a sense of humor on his spots, and people seeing it all over the country wouldn't be aware of that. Luke O'neil, Esquire, 29 June 2017 Verb Like other quarantine micro-trends—sourdough starters, for one—the drink grew popular online for being both easy to make and pretty to photograph. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2020 In other words, despite the gaping asymmetries of information between the industry and the public, brokerages still shell out big-time to pretty up their BrokerCheck reputations. Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020 While all real estate is local, as the saying goes, the one constant is that February is the month when the spring market looms and sellers nationwide begin prettying their properties and readying them to list. Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020 Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa—what kind of animal spends all their waking hours prettying up their vehicle and then stores it in the air? Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2019 The backdrop of drab civic office buildings is being prettied up with dozens of massive murals from some of the city’s resident artists. Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019 The use of filters can help signal a benign post: People don’t tend to pretty up their victimizing. Katy Steinmetz, Time, 8 July 2019 The Ugly Other games that are not as beautifulVerdict: Lots of stuff to do and pretty things to look at, but few fresh ideas. Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018 One of the ideas envisioned by Vivo is to take in a full body scan of a person and then feed that information to a beautification AI that would more intelligently and proportionately pretty you up. Vlad Savov, The Verge, 27 June 2018 See More Word History Etymology Adjective, Adverb, Noun, and Verb Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick; akin to Old Norse prettr trick First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1868, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing pretty (as) pretty as a picture not a pretty sight more than just a pretty face not just a/another pretty face pretty boy pretty well pretty near/nearly a pretty penny sit pretty pretty much See More (as) pretty as a picture not a pretty sight more than just a pretty face not just a/another pretty face pretty boy pretty well pretty near/nearly a pretty penny sit pretty pretty much See More Kids Definition pretty 1 of 2 adjective pret·ty ˈpri-tē prettier; prettiest : pleasing to the eye or ear especially because of being graceful or delicate a pretty face a pretty tune pretty 2 of 2 adverb : in some degree : fairly pretty good pretty 1 of 3 adverb as in relatively to some degree or extent we've had some pretty cold weather lately Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance relatively quite fairly rather something somewhat like enough moderately a little a bit a tad a mite kind of sort of to a degree slightly a touch of sorts after a sort decently kindly tolerably acceptably vaguely passably little of a sort nominally part partially partly negligibly more or less halfway half incompletely partway Antonyms & Near Antonyms very extremely awfully terribly exceedingly exceptionally particularly highly especially heavily exceeding greatly frightfully deadly mortally mightily surpassingly hugely substantially significantly considerably beastly extensively See More pretty 2 of 3 adjective 1 as in nice giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses she was not a pretty sight after she fell off her horse and into the mud Synonyms & Similar Words nice pleasant delicious sweet delightful enjoyable pleasing good satisfying heavenly welcome tempting jolly soothing tasty amusing comfortable darling comforting pleasurable blessed dreamy attractive gratifying agreeable luscious happy congenial charming delectable palatable fascinating grateful desirable felicitous savory alluring entertaining delightsome enviable cheerful savoury dulcet inviting blest blissful enchanting calming cheery gracious amiable personable hospitable kindly affable goodly joyous relishable glad diverting exhilarating intoxicating genial ecstatic recreative good-natured euphoric felicific rapturous elating gemütlich nirvanic Antonyms & Near Antonyms unpleasant horrid miserable disagreeable disgusting obnoxious boring ghastly flat unpalatable abominable repugnant vile dull repulsive distasteful wretched offensive sad unwelcome tedious commonplace hellish yucky abhorrent irksome odious hateful detestable insipid depressing unsavory unhappy stale gloomy annoying repellent tragic dismal dreary god-awful bilious deplorable irritating disheartening dissatisfying yukky regrettable vexing hostile aggravating joyless heartbreaking displeasing mournful sorrowful exasperating pleasureless doleful perturbing lamentable revulsive lugubrious repellant heartrending disturbing lachrymose infuriating intimidating maddening tragical dolorous forbidding distressing upsetting peeving enraging outraging angering rankling inflaming riling enflaming incensing See More 2 as in good meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation their misalliance is as pretty an example of an ill-conceived marriage as you're likely to find Synonyms & Similar Words good suitable appropriate fitting fitted fit proper happy becoming right apt balanced in order adequate befitting acceptable applicable meet needed just felicitous required decent satisfactory deserved capable justified able competent cut out serviceable qualified tolerable decorous requisite respectable correct trained seemly harmonious kosher condign rightful pitch-perfect congruous consonant companionate Antonyms & Near Antonyms wrong incongruous unhappy unseemly unbecoming inappropriate unsuitable improper indecent unfit incapable unfitting inapplicable inadequate inapt incompetent unacceptable unsatisfactory inept inapposite unskilled intolerable untrained unqualified inexpert unapt infelicitous unbeseeming misbecoming incorrect unskillful unmeet incompatible indecorous graceless malapropos uncongenial See More 3 as in beautiful very pleasing to look at a pretty young girl Synonyms & Similar Words beautiful lovely cute gorgeous attractive handsome good stunning charming likely elegant delightful sexy sightly perfect ravishing fair hot comely glorious seemly fascinating taking beauteous fetching magnificent goodly flawless pleasant appealing aesthetic good-looking drop-dead knockout superb bonny desirable exquisite alluring delicate glamorous splendid resplendent engaging sublime dainty lovesome well-favored cunning prepossessing bonnie esthetic radiant seductive striking statuesque personable aesthetical glamourous esthetical presentable slick snazzy luscious glossy foxy flashy prettyish showy photogenic toothsome flamboyant hunky dishy studly arresting splashy nubile telegenic dollish zingy Junoesque pulchritudinous eye-catching chocolate-box showstopping Antonyms & Near Antonyms plain ugly unattractive hideous bad terrible homely horrible grotesque unpretty shocking unsightly disgusting unlovely dreadful unhandsome revolting unbeautiful objectionable repugnant vile nasty ghastly repulsive sickening unpleasing disagreeable uncomely offensive loathsome abominable abhorrent frightful unaesthetic unpleasant unappealing nauseating uncute foul repellent unappetizing repellant unprepossessing unimposing unbecoming ill-favored frumpy unshapely frumpish See More pretty 3 of 3 noun as in looker Synonyms & Similar Words looker hottie dreamboat cutie-pie doll dish femme fatale temptress coquette siren peach cover girl charmer pinup girl houri belle bathing beauty cutey vamp cutie stunner cooky beauty queen queen fox eyeful beauty goddess cookie honey babe dolly bird knockout enchantress Antonyms & Near Antonyms bag witch frump hag crone Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of pretty are beautiful, comely, fair, handsome, and lovely. While all these words mean "exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure," pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness. a painter of conventionally pretty scenes The words beautiful and pretty can be used in similar contexts, but beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses. beautiful mountain scenery Comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to. the comely grace of a dancer In some situations, the words fair and pretty are roughly equivalent. However, fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness. fair of face While in some cases nearly identical to pretty, handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance. a handsome Georgian mansion Lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite. a lovely melody Phrases Containing pretty pretty (up) pretty boy pretty much pretty (up) pretty boy pretty much
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