pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner (外观或举止)优雅的;雅致的,讲究的 she will look elegant in black. 她穿黑色会显得很优雅。 an elegant, comfortable house. 一幢舒适雅致的房子。 ■(of a scientific theory or solution to a problem) pleasingly ingenious and simple (科学理论,问题解决方法)简洁的,简练的;巧妙的 the grand unified theory is compact and elegant in mathematical terms. 用数学语言阐述的统一论简洁巧妙。
派生 elegance noun elegantly adverb 语源
late 15th cent. (describing a person dressing tastefully): from French, or from Latin elegans, elegant-, related to eligere 'choose, select' (see elect)