elegant

elegant
adjective
  1. 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。
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elegance
noun
elegantly
adverb
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (describing a person dressing tastefully): from French, or from Latin elegans, elegant-, related to eligere 'choose, select' (see elect)
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