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 el·e·gan·cy /-gən(t)si/
 優美;優雅

 El·e·gance El·e·gan·cy n.
 1. The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.
    That grace that elegance affords.   --Drayton.
    The endearing elegance of female friendship.   --Johnson.
    A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers.   --Hawthorne.
 2. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.
    The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art.   --Spectator.
 Syn: -- Elegance, Grace. Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; as, elegance of manners, composition, handwriting, etc.; elegant furniture; an elegant house, etc.  Grace, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful, but can hardly be called elegant.
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