elegant
US: /ˈɛɫəɡənt/
UK: /ˈɛlɪɡənt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
elegant /'eligənt/- tính từ
- thanh lịch, tao nhã (người, cách ăn mặc...); nhã (văn)
- cùi lách hạng nhất, chiến, cừ
- danh từ
- người thanh lịch, người tao nhã
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective1 (of people or their behaviour) graceful and attractive: She was tall and elegant.
2 (of clothes, places and things) attractive and designed well: an elegant dress + an elegant room / restaurant
3 (of a plan or an idea) clever but simple: an elegant solution to the problem
elegance noun [U]: She dresses with casual elegance. + His writing combines elegance and wit.
elegantly adverb: elegantly dressed + elegantly furnished + He leaned elegantly against the door.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 tasteful, exquisite, handsome, beautiful, comely, dapper, smart, well turned out; graceful, choice, superior, fine, select, refined, delicate, discerning, artistic; dignified, genteel, sophisticated, cultivated, polished, urbane, Chesterfieldian, suave, soigné(e), debonair, courtly, to the manner born, well-bred, well-born, high-born:
Desmond and Elizabeth are such an elegant couple!
2 artistic, stylish, modish, à la mode, chic, fashionable, Colloq in, with it:
The newly refurbished rooms are very elegant.
3 luxurious, sumptuous, grand, opulent, plush, Colloq posh, swank, swanky, ritzy, fancy:
We stayed in a very elegant West End hotel.
4 apt, clever, ingenious, neat:
What is needed is a more elegant solution to the problem.
Collocation
VERBS
be, feel, look
ADV.
extremely, very | quite, rather | beautifully
the beautifully elegant spire of the church
| casually, quietly
the quietly elegant wives of the directors
| impossibly, supremely
the foyer of an impossibly elegant Paris hotel
Concise dictionary
'elɪgəntadj.
+refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
+suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
+displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution
