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词汇 belle époque
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Definition of belle époque in English:

belle époque

noun bɛl epɔkˌbɛl eɪˈpɒkˌbel əˈpäk
  • The period of settled and comfortable life preceding the First World War.

    “美好时期”(指第一次世界大战前安定舒服的时期)

    as modifier a romantic, belle-époque replica of a Paris bistro

    巴黎小酒馆浪漫安逸情调的再现。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The former has gone down in history as the Great Depression of the nineteenth century, while the latter is known as the belle époque.
    • This is a bizarre and hilarious film: a fascinating chapter in the secret history of cinema, the belle époque, and of sexual politics.
    • Indeed, in the general economic stagnation of the 1920s (production in many areas only returned to 1913 levels by 1926-27) the period prior to the war came to be looked on as a belle époque, which could never return.
    • Entering the small but grand lobby with its sweeping staircase and moving through to the belle époque palm court lounge is like travelling back in time to a more leisurely age.
    • The overall mood felt coquettish belle époque, complete with lovely dyed fox pom-poms perched side-high on the head.
    • The faded elegance of Nice, with its belle époque buildings and palm-lined boulevards provides a heady contrast with the in-your-face excesses of its inhabitants.
    • She continued the theme to the end with her gold velvet belle époque bustier ribbed dress, combining the English theme and modern low-stress dressing with great aplomb.
    • Built in 1904, it is like entering a belle-époque time-warp, and its engine room is every schoolboy's dream come true.
    • By comparison with the belle époque of 1890-1914, the intensity of contemporary global interdependence is considerably exaggerated.
    • Later generations, scarred by war, called this period a golden era, the belle époque.
    • Steep-sided woods of spruce and silver birch, with belle époque mansions piled on top of each other, are squeezed along the narrow sides of the cascading Tepla river.
    • It was fantastically fashionable during the belle époque - and it still is, so you get a sense of what it was like in the past.
    • The leaflet shows photos of a palace the size of Corsica, immaculate formal gardens and a belle époque tearoom with one of the most beautiful sea views this side of the Seychelles.
    • In photographs, the hotel's belle-époque style looks like a mass of garish gold ribbons and bows, but the sky-high ceilings, graceful architectural lines and pastel colour schemes rescue the rooms from being oppressively opulent.
    • The world economy of the belle époque presented a favourable external environment for growth.
    • The belle époque interior of the place was grand: mirrors, columns, chandeliers, furniture of polished mahogany.

Origin

French, 'fine period'.

Rhymes

ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok

Definition of belle époque in US English:

belle époque

nounˌbel əˈpäk
  • The period of settled and comfortable life preceding World War I.

    “美好时期”(指第一次世界大战前安定舒服的时期)

    as modifier a romantic, belle-époque replica of a Paris bistro

    巴黎小酒馆浪漫安逸情调的再现。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She continued the theme to the end with her gold velvet belle époque bustier ribbed dress, combining the English theme and modern low-stress dressing with great aplomb.
    • The belle époque interior of the place was grand: mirrors, columns, chandeliers, furniture of polished mahogany.
    • The faded elegance of Nice, with its belle époque buildings and palm-lined boulevards provides a heady contrast with the in-your-face excesses of its inhabitants.
    • Entering the small but grand lobby with its sweeping staircase and moving through to the belle époque palm court lounge is like travelling back in time to a more leisurely age.
    • Steep-sided woods of spruce and silver birch, with belle époque mansions piled on top of each other, are squeezed along the narrow sides of the cascading Tepla river.
    • Indeed, in the general economic stagnation of the 1920s (production in many areas only returned to 1913 levels by 1926-27) the period prior to the war came to be looked on as a belle époque, which could never return.
    • In photographs, the hotel's belle-époque style looks like a mass of garish gold ribbons and bows, but the sky-high ceilings, graceful architectural lines and pastel colour schemes rescue the rooms from being oppressively opulent.
    • By comparison with the belle époque of 1890-1914, the intensity of contemporary global interdependence is considerably exaggerated.
    • The overall mood felt coquettish belle époque, complete with lovely dyed fox pom-poms perched side-high on the head.
    • It was fantastically fashionable during the belle époque - and it still is, so you get a sense of what it was like in the past.
    • Built in 1904, it is like entering a belle-époque time-warp, and its engine room is every schoolboy's dream come true.
    • The former has gone down in history as the Great Depression of the nineteenth century, while the latter is known as the belle époque.
    • This is a bizarre and hilarious film: a fascinating chapter in the secret history of cinema, the belle époque, and of sexual politics.
    • Later generations, scarred by war, called this period a golden era, the belle époque.
    • The leaflet shows photos of a palace the size of Corsica, immaculate formal gardens and a belle époque tearoom with one of the most beautiful sea views this side of the Seychelles.
    • The world economy of the belle époque presented a favourable external environment for growth.

Origin

French, ‘fine period’.

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