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beauty contest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Leisure, Hair & beauty
ˈbeauty ˌcontest noun [countable]  DLDCBa competition in which women are judged on how attractive they look 选美(比赛)
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beauty contestMost interviewers did their jobs like judges at a beauty contest.Just like the outside world, only in a beauty contest you are more aware of it!Dave Simpson's adult comedy, set in a beauty contest, returns to Liverpool after a successful run last year.College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game.He said he had been to a beauty contest where the audience were mostly farmers.The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest, which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent.
ˈbeauty ˌcontest nounChineseSyllable
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beauty contest
ˈbeauty ˌcontest noun [countable]
a competition in which women are judged on how attractive they look


beauty contestBrE /ˈbjuːti kɒntest/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbjuːti kɑːntest/ 🔊 noun (BrE) a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women 选美比赛   compare pageant (2) (US ˌbeauty paˈrade) an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services “选美式” 竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)