good-looking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌgood-ˈlooking ●●● S2 adjective BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGsomeone who is good-looking is attractive 好看的，漂亮的 a really good-looking guy 长得很漂亮的家伙► see thesaurus at beautiful —good-looker noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
good-looking• Don't you think Dave is good-looking?• Ginny was tall and good-looking.• She seems to get better-looking the older she gets.• Paul is very good-looking, but he's too arrogant.• He's quite good-looking in a film-starry way - I'd always thought of him as young.• Manning Jackson was forty-five years old, and was good-looking in a heavy, sporting way.• She knew that they dressed the good-looking ones purposely like that.• Lanikai is a community of wealthy, preposterously fit, good-looking people who seem to be constantly in motion.• He was really very good-looking, she decided.• One good-looking waiter fillets the fish.• She was under five feet five inches tall, but strikingly good-looking, with dark hair and eyes and vivacious manners.• She showed me a photo of a good-looking young soldier.• A good-looking young woman in a business suit came into the room.ˌgood-ˈlooking adjectiveChineseSyllable
good-looking is someone is who attractive Corpus
good-looking
ˌgood-ˈlooking
adjective
someone who is good-looking is attractive:
a really good-looking guy
—good-looker noun [countable]
■ person
▪beautiful a beautiful woman or child has perfect good looks: Grace Kelly was a very beautiful woman. | a beautiful baby
▪good-looking a good-looking person looks nice. Good-looking is very common in spoken English: He’s a good-looking guy, but he’s a bit boring. | Do you think she’s good-looking?
▪attractive an attractive person looks nice, especially in a way that makes you feel sexually interested in them: She’s a very attractive woman. | A lot of women find him attractive.
▪pretty a pretty girl or woman looks nice – used especially about a woman who has a nice face: You look pretty with your hair down. | She has a very pretty face.
▪handsome a handsome man or boy looks nice – used especially about a man who has a nice face. Handsome is also sometimes used, especially in literature, to describe a woman who is good-looking and has a strong face: He was tall, dark, and handsome. | She was a big, handsome woman.
▪gorgeous/stunning spoken extremely attractive. Gorgeous is used especially by women: She thinks Brad Pitt is gorgeous. | You look absolutely stunning in that dress!
▪cute spoken nice to look at – used about animals, babies, children, and young adults: a cute little puppy | She thinks you’re cute!
▪lovely especially British English spoken used when saying that someone looks very nice: You look lovely tonight.
ˌgood-ˈlooking
adjectivesomeone who is good-looking is attractive:
—good-looker noun [countable]
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beautiful (especially of a woman or girl) very pleasant to look at （尤指女子或女孩）漂亮的，美丽的 ：◆ She looked stunningly beautiful that night. 她那天晚上美极了。 pretty (especially of a girl or woman) pleasant to look at （尤指女孩或女子）漂亮的，俊俏的 ：◆ She's got a very pretty face. 她有一张非常俏丽的脸。 NOTE Pretty is used most often to talk about girls. When it is used to talk about a woman, it usually suggests that she is like a girl, with small, delicate features.* pretty 多形容女孩。如果形容女子，通常表示这女子像女孩一样小巧玲珑。 handsome (of a man) pleasant to look at; (of a woman) pleasant to look at, with large strong features rather than small delicate ones 指（男子）英俊的，漂亮的；（女子）健美的 ：◆ He was described as ' tall, dark and handsome '.他被描述为 “高大黝黑、相貌堂堂”。 attractive (of a person) pleasant to look at, especially in a sexual way 指（人）性感的、妩媚的、俊朗的、迷人的 ：◆ She's a very attractive woman. 她是个非常迷人的女子。 lovely (of a person) beautiful; very attractive 指（人）美丽的、迷人的 ：◆ She looked particularly lovely that night. 她那天晚上特别妩媚动人。 NOTE When you describe sb as lovely , you are usually showing that you also have a strong feeling of affection for them.用 lovely 形容人时，通常表示说话者很喜欢这个人。 good-looking (of a person) pleasant to look at, often in a sexual way 指（人）好看的、漂亮的、性感的 ：◆ She arrived with a very good-looking man. 她和一个非常英俊的男人一起到来。 gorgeous ( (of a person) extremely attractive, especially in a sexual way指（人）非常漂亮的、美丽动人的、性感的 ：◆ You look gorgeous! 你美极了！
attractive or good-looking? 用 attractive 还是 good-looking？
If you describe sb as attractive you often also mean that they have a pleasant personality as well as being pleasant to look at;good-looking just describes sb's physical appearance.用 attractive 形容人时，常常还表示这人不仅长得漂亮，性格也很可爱，而 good-looking 只指人的长相好看。
Patterns
a(n) beautiful/pretty/handsome/attractive/lovely/good-looking/gorgeous girl/woman a(n) beautiful/handsome/attractive/good-looking/gorgeous boy/man a(n) beautiful/pretty/handsome/attractive/lovely/good-looking face