Word · Frequency #12665
belles
美女
belles is the plural of belle.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful among several rivals
- 1.
An attractive woman.
迷人的女子
- 2.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
在众多竞争对手中最迷人、最美丽的年轻女子
迷人的女子；在众多竞争对手中最迷人、最美丽的年轻女子
In use
At the summer dance, Maria was the belle of the evening.
Every year, the village fair chooses one belle to lead the parade.
The two sisters were both belles in their small town.
she was the belle of the ball
be the belle of [event/place]
belle 通常与定冠词 the 和 of 短语连用，表示在某场合或群体中最出众的美女。
She was the belle of the ball.
她是舞会上最迷人的女子。
Common mistakes
She is a belle girl.She is a beautiful girl.
belle 是名词，意为“美女”，不能像形容词一样修饰名词；修饰名词应用 beautiful。
She is belle of the ball.
Connections
Collocations
- belle of the ball
- 舞会之花；舞会上最迷人的女子
- She was the belle of the ball at the annual gala.她在年度盛会上是最迷人的女子。
- southern belle
- （美国）南方美女；南方佳丽
- He fell in love with a charming southern belle from Georgia.他爱上了一位来自佐治亚州的迷人的南方美女。
- village belle
- 村里最漂亮的姑娘；村花
- The innkeeper's daughter was the village belle.旅店老板的女儿是村里最漂亮的姑娘。
Idioms & figurative uses
- belle of the ball
- 舞会之花；舞会上最迷人的女子She was the belle of the ball in her elegant gown.她穿着优雅的长裙，是舞会上最迷人的女子。
Pop culture & quotes
- Look there she goes, that girl is strange but definitely not a belle.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想《美女与野兽》里的贝儿 Belle，她就是舞会上最出众的美女；belle 即「美女」。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、正式场合 通常用于正式或文学语境中，口语中比较常见于指代某场活动中最出众的女性，需注意语气可能显得过时。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'belle' (/bɛl/): bell, sell, tell, well, shell, spell. Note that 'belle' and 'bell' are homophones. Beware of lookalikes that are not rhymes: 'bale' (/beɪl/), 'bile' (/baɪl/), 'ball' (/bɔːl/), and 'belly' (/ˈbɛli/).
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.