beau

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++beau /bəʊ $ boʊ/ noun (plural beaux /bəʊz $ boʊz/ or beaus) [countable] old-fashioned  1. GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIENDa woman’s close friend or lover 〔女子的〕密友；情人2. DCMANa fashionable well-dressed man 衣着入时的男子；花花公子，纨袴子弟

Examples from the Corpus

beau• Marjorie brought a beau to Prides, and Margarett flirted with him, even, Betty thought, took him to bed.• Margarett took a beau to their apartment for dinner and scandalized her old friends by visibly holding his hand.• She'd arrived in the sidecar of Miss Brahms's current beau and her coiffure had suffered terrible punishment as a result.• I was very shy but his mischievous grin put me at my ease and we strolled along behind Sally and her beau.Origin beau (1600-1700) French beau “beautiful”, from Latin bellus; → BEAUTY

beau nounChinese  

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beau
beau /bəʊ $ boʊ/ noun (plural beaux /bəʊz $ boʊz/ or beaus) [countable] old-fashioned1. a woman’s close friend or lover
2. a fashionable well-dressed man
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ boyfriend a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: Josh was my first boyfriend.
   ▪ partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get. | Partners are also welcome.
   ▪ fiancé the man whom a woman is going to marry: Her fiancé was killed in the war.
   ▪ lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: A few nights later, they became lovers.
   ▪ ex informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend: Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
   ▪ old flame informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past: In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
   ▪ man informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend: She’ll always stand by her man.
   ▪ sweetheart old-fashioned the person that you love: They were childhood sweethearts.
   ▪ beau old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover - a very old-fashioned use: Does she have a beau?
   ▪ toy boy informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman: A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
   ▪ sugar daddy informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex: I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
   ▪ be going out with somebody if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend: She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.
    ⇨ girlfriend

beauBrE /bəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /boʊ/ 🔊 noun (

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beaus BrE /bəʊz/ 🔊 NAmE /boʊz/ 🔊 ) (old-fashioned) a woman's male lover or friend （女性的）男友，情郎