BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, HANDSOME, PRETTY, COMELY, FAIR mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. 漂亮的，美丽的

beautiful

BEAUTIFUL applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs

① emotion through the senses.

// a beautiful woman 美女

// beautiful mountain scenery 美丽的山景

// She was wearing a beautiful dress. 她穿着一身漂亮的连衣裙。

② very pleasant 美好的；极好的

// a beautiful piece of music 一首优美的曲子

// beautiful weather 极好的天气

③ (mainly US) very kind 仁慈的

You did a beautiful thing in helping those poor children. 你帮助了那些可怜的孩子，是爱心之举呀。

lovely

beautiful, pleasant or enjoyable 美丽的，快乐的，愉快的

// She has lovely eyes. 她的眼睛很漂亮。

// You look lovely in that dress. 你穿那条裙子很好看。

// Thank you for the lovely present. 谢谢你送我这么漂亮的礼物。

// a lovely melody 优美的旋律

// a lovely meal/evening 愉快的晚餐／晚上

// We had a lovely time with them. 我们和他们在一起度过了一段快乐的时光。

LOVELY is close to BEAUTIFUL but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite.

handsome

A handsome man is physically attractive in a traditional, male way.（男子）英俊的，漂亮的

// a handsome man 一个英俊的男人

A handsome woman is attractive in a strong way.（女子）健美的

// a handsome woman in her fifties 一位五十多岁的健美女子

HANDSOME suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance.

// a handsome mansion

pretty

pleasant to look at, or (especially of girls or women or things relating to them) attractive or pleasant in a delicate way（尤指女孩、女子或与其相关事物）漂亮的，美丽的，标致的

// pretty woman 漂亮女人

// That's a pretty hat you're wearing. 你戴的帽子很漂亮。

PRETTY often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness.

// a painter of conventionally pretty scenes 传统上风景优美的画家

comely

A comely woman is attractive in appearance, having a pleasing appearance : not homely or plain （女子）秀丽的，清秀的，标致的

// a comely young woman 一个漂亮的年轻女子

// comely flowers 美丽的花朵

COMELY is like HANDSOME in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.

Although comely is now typically used to describe the appearance of human beings, it was once used more broadly of other appealing things, such as fine clothing. Comely can be traced back to an Old English word meaning "lovely, glorious, or fine."

fair

FAIR suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness. (old use or literary)

// a fair maiden 美丽的少女

// fair skin 白皙的皮肤

If you're looking to pretty up your prose or poetry with additional words meaning "beautiful," English is well-supplied with them. Aside from beautiful itself, we have

lovely, handsome, pretty, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, ravishing, and even well-favored.

Can beautiful be used to describe a man?

Our evidence shows that when beautiful is used to describe physical beauty, it is overwhelming used of women or a physical aspect of a woman (such as her hair or skin). This hasn't always been the case: when beautiful first came into English it was used as easily of men as it was of women. Nowadays, handsome is the adjective of appreciation most commonly used of men.

The plural noun phrase beautiful people doesn't refer to the overall looks of the people mentioned, but rather the elegance and sumptuousness of their lives.

beautiful people: fashionable, rich people 时尚而富有的人；上层社会时髦人物

beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, comely, fair