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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chic /ʃiːk/ adjective  FASHIONABLEvery fashionable and expensive, and showing good judgment of what is attractive and good style 时髦的;漂亮的;雅致的;奢华的 Margaret was looking very chic in blue. 玛格丽特穿着蓝色的衣服看上去很优雅。 a chic restaurant 一家雅致的餐厅chic noun [uncountable] the art of comfortable chic 舒适雅致的艺术
Examples from the Corpus
chicThe design team creates beaded extravaganzas that are truly chic.He thought she was perfect, the height of chic.Nor, for that matter, can family life be a question of chic.She is chic and witty.They live in a chic apartment overlooking the Seine.a chic apartmentSo you can be chic as you get slim!At his side in public Jackie's air of sophistication and chic cultural warmth complemented it perfectly.The east side of the city has become very chic in the past few years.A dinner party at a chic New York restaurant cost the museum $ 5,500.a chic restaurant in BostonWe are in Madame Jo Jo's - a chic transvestite bar in Soho.
Origin chic (1800-1900) French
chic adjectiveChinese
showing and judgment fashionable is of what and very good expensive, Corpus


chic
chic /ʃiːk/ adjective
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
very fashionable and expensive, and showing good judgement of what is attractive and good style:
    Margaret was looking very chic in blue.
    a chic restaurant
—chic noun [uncountable]:
    the art of comfortable chic


chicBrE /ʃiːk/ 🔊NAmE /ʃiːk/ 🔊 adjectivevery fashionable and elegant 时髦的;优雅的;雅致的 SYN stylish She is always so chic, so elegant. 她总是那么时髦,那么优雅。🔊🔊a chic new restaurant雅致的新餐馆 chic noun [uncountable] a perfectly dressed woman with an air of chic that was unmistakably French一位衣着讲究、明显地流露出法国式优雅姿态的女士