Word · Frequency #22231
beau
男伴
A male escort.
- 1.
A male escort.
男性陪同者。
- 2.
A suitor of a lady.
女士的追求者。
追求者;男性陪同者。;女士的追求者。;花花公子;情郎
In use
She introduced her beau to her parents at the family dinner.
The village gossip painted him as a charming beau who never settled down.
At the ball, three beaus competed for her attention.
possessive determiner + beau
通常指未婚夫或男朋友,较正式或略带古风。
She introduced her beau to her parents.
她向父母介绍了她的男朋友。
a + adjective + beau
常用形容词如 charming, dashing。
He was a charming beau.
他是个迷人的情郎。
the beau of + noun phrase
表示在某个场合中受欢迎的男子。
He was the beau of the ball.
他是舞会上最受欢迎的男伴。
Common mistakes
She has two beau.She has two beaus.
Beau 是可数名词,复数形式为 beaus 或 beaux,不能省略复数后缀 -s。
She is his beau.He is her beau.
Beau 指男性情人或男友,不可用于女性;主语和宾语需与性别匹配。
Connections
Collocations
- a handsome beau
- 英俊的男伴
- She arrived at the dance with a handsome beau.她由一位英俊的男伴陪着来到舞会。
- an old beau
- 旧情人;老追求者
- An old beau of hers sent her a letter after twenty years.她的一个老追求者二十年后给她寄来一封信。
- a dashing beau
- 风度翩翩的追求者
- In the novel, the heroine falls in love with a dashing beau.在小说中,女主人公爱上了一位风度翩翩的追求者。
- my beau
- 我的男友;我的追求者
- My beau took me out for dinner last night.我的男朋友昨晚带我出去吃了晚饭。
- beaus and belles
- 青年男女;男伴和女伴们
- The garden party was filled with beaus and belles in their finest clothes.花园派对上满是衣着华丽的青年男女。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
beau 读作 bo,联想 boy(男孩),男孩追求女士,就是男伴/追求者。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:historical romance、humorous or nostalgic descriptions 此词较为文雅,带有旧式或文学色彩,多用于历史小说、浪漫故事,也可见于幽默调侃地指代男伴或追求者。日常口语中不太常用,实际语气需依上下文判断。
Grammar Note
Plural form is 'beaus'.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 beau 同韵,都含 /əu/ 音:go, low, show, though, dough, no。注意拼写相近但发音不同的词:bureau(/ˈbjʊərəu/)和 beauty(/ˈbjuːti/)中的 beau-/eau 拼写容易误导,不要按 beau 的 /əu/ 读。另外,beau 的复数 beaux 与 beaus 读音相同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.