comely: [13] Old English had an adjective cymlic ‘beautiful’ (no relation at all to come), but this seems to have died out around the year 1000, and it is likely that comely, which first appears in the early 13th century, represents a reduced version of becomely, an adjective long since defunct of which there are a few records towards the end of the 12th century. This meant ‘suitable, becoming’ (it was formed, of course, from the verb become), an early meaning of comely; its other semantic strand, ‘beautiful’, is probably a memory of Old English cymlic. => become
comely (adj.)
"beautiful, handsome," c. 1400, probably from Old English cymlic "lovely, splendid, finely made," from cyme "exquisite, glorious, delicate," from West Germanic *kumi- "delicate, feeble" (cognates: Old High German chumo "with difficulty," chumig "weak, delicate;" German kaum "hardly, scarcely"). Or perhaps the modern word is from Middle English bicumelic (c. 1200) "suitable, exquisite," literally "becomely" (compare becoming).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. His wife is a comely young woman.
他的妻子是一個(gè)美麗的少婦。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. A nervous, comely - dressed little girl stepped out.
一個(gè)緊張不安 、 衣著漂亮的小姑娘站了出來(lái).
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
3. She bloomed herself, and was a comely, comfortable, reasonable woman.
她自己也發(fā)福起來(lái), 是個(gè)容貌宜人, 通情達(dá)理的女人.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Such a fear also troubled the comely head of Mme. Chiang kai - shek.
這樣一種恐懼也使蔣介石夫人的標(biāo)致的腦袋不安過(guò)一陣子.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. All were at least comely, and one of them very handsome and regular of feature.