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    belle

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++belle /bel/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  WOMANa beautiful girl or woman 美女，美人，佳丽the belle of the ball (=the most beautiful girl at a dance or party) 舞会之花，舞会上最美的女子
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    belle• Her streaky blonde hair and skimpy bikini were those of a nineteen-year-old beach belle.• a Southern belle• Sarah Stewart is a real Southern belle from Jackson, Mississippi, with long blonde hair and a magnolia drawl.• Among the belles in that house Susan went relatively unnoticed, and could escape the dancing when she chose.the belle of the ball• Caroline was the belle of the ball in her silver and white evening gown.    Origin belle (1600-1700) French from the feminine form of beau; → BEAU
    belle nounChinese
    or beautiful a woman Corpus girl


    belle
    belle /bel/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: from the feminine form of beau; ⇨ beau
    a beautiful girl or woman
        the belle of the ball (=the most beautiful girl at a dance or party)


    belleBrE /bel/ 🔊NAmE /bel/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a beautiful woman; the most beautiful woman in a particular place 美女；（某地）最美的女人