| 词汇 | sleeping-beauty |
| 释义 | sleeping beauty noun[ C ] uk /ˌsliː.pɪŋ ˈbjuː.ti/ us /ˌsliː.pɪŋ ˈbjuː.t̬i/ sleeping beautynoun[C] (BUSINESS)a company that is more valuable than is recognized by people who might buy it or put money into it, or something or someone that is more valuable or useful than people thought: When I took on the business, it was a sleeping beauty. After 2,000 years, the villas at the foot of Mount Vesuvius remain the sleeping beauties of Western culture. He had come to view the company as a sleeping beauty, a reservoir of unrealized potential. A growing global audience has awoken the sleeping beauty that is the Indian film industry. This government is trying to make the country look like a sleeping beauty, while in reality it is not. Neglecting and ignoring aside beneath the/someone's radaridiom block something out brush someone/something off bury/have your head in the sandidiom ear lay let sleeping dogs lieidiom let something rideidiom look straight/right through someoneidiom lose the dressing roomidiom lost nose slightingly snub someone's back is turnedidiom step step on someone stiff-arm wink You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Good and excellent things sleeping beautynoun[C] (STORY)(alsoSleeping Beauty) a princess in a traditional story who is woken from a magical sleep after being kissed by a prince, or the story itself: "Sleeping Beauty" tells the story of a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy who doesn't get invited to her christening. After playing Sleeping Beauty on the stage, she landed her first TV job. The Sleeping Beauty tale we know today seems simple and harmless, but is it really? Mythological & legendary characters Abominable Snowman Anancy Andromeda Ares basilisk genie Hades hellhound Hera Hermes Janus siren sprite the sandman unicorn vamp Venus Vesta Victoria Zeus You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Accounts and stories sleeping beauty | Business Englishsleeping beauty noun[ C,usually singular ] FINANCEukus a company with valuable assets that investors, possible buyers, etc. do not recognize as valuable: The hotel was a sleeping beauty, because the property itself was so undervalued. Examples of sleeping beautysleeping beauty Let me see, what did the sleepingbeauty say? From Project Gutenberg They all knew the story of the princess who was spinning when her wicked godmother cast a spell and transformed her into a sleepingbeauty. From Project Gutenberg He heard the story of the castle and its sleepingbeauty. From Project Gutenberg The story of the sleepingbeauty is an allegory with a very real meaning. From Project Gutenberg The glare of light from the open window, shining through the open door into the adjoining bedchamber of the sleepingbeauty, awakened her. From Project Gutenberg As he did so the sleepingbeauty opened her eyes. From Project Gutenberg Sleepingbeauty and other stories. From Project Gutenberg Advancing slowly to the bed-side, for a minute she stands contemplating the sleepingbeauty before her. From Project Gutenberg These spores or cysts rest, like the sleepingbeauty in the forest, until a drop of water falls upon them and awakens them into life. From Project Gutenberg A clock and two vases are introduced, and a picture over the mirror representing a sleepingbeauty with a cupid. From Project Gutenberg This was the palace of the sleepingbeauty to which he had penetrated. From Project Gutenberg Like the prince in the nursery tale, he sought and found the sleepingbeauty within the recesses which had so long concealed her from mankind. From Project Gutenberg Then she looked up at him inquiringly, and pointed at the sleepingbeauty. From Project Gutenberg The sleeping day like a sleepingbeauty, aglow with her morning dreams, is already red, and must soon open its eye. From Project Gutenberg Sleepingbeauty in the wood. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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