Who can tell me what mean "hansome woman"?
I have readed a bok yesterday,it's a story of San Francisco.There is a word that i couldn't what mean it is,and the worl is "handsome woman.
i remember that my English teacher told me about we must use "beautiful" or "pretty" to modify "woman"/"girl",but....when i was readng this word ,i didn't know why .If someone knows it ,please tell me .And ,thanks!^_^
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It is right to say that these days "handsome" is used almost exclusively for men, but this has not always been the case. In previous times it was also used for women, so you may come across this in some older literature. The only thing stopping us using "handsome" for women nowadays is that it has fallen out of fashion to do so, and now sounds strange.
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You're right, "handsome" isn't usually used for women. I guess it would mean a woman who is quite attractive, but not in the usual "girly" way. Perhaps her features and personality were more masculine, but still appealing.
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Usually handsome is only associated with males. It is quite strange to hear someone call a woman handsome. Women are "pretty" or "beautiful". Men are "handsome".
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难道你没听过帅气的女孩吗，handsome一般是用来形容男的，但也不排除来形容女的
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"handsome" means beautiful, pretty, lovely, sightly, sheen, bonny. "Handsome" is a synonym of these words.
We may also say "pretty woman" or "beautiful woman" . It's the same.
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