beatific

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bea·tif·ic /ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk◂/ adjective ALCALMa beatific look, smile etc shows great peace and happiness 〔外表、笑容等〕极乐的，幸福安详的 —beatifically /-kli/ adverb

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beatific• She had an almost beatific expression on her pretty face.• The corridor walls are covered in photographs; barrel-bellied women with scrunched-up faces strain to deliver, post-birth beatific smiles radiate satisfaction.• They have facts, figures, glossy brochures, glossy lawyers and beatific smiles.• Black smokers, they were called, for not far away lay a beatific version of these vents.• Short of the beatific vision, to what can theological exploration point?Origin beatific (1600-1700) Latin beatificus “making happy”, from beatus “blessed, happy”