handsome

将“handsome”分解为“hand”和“some”，想象手中拿着的是“something”特别的，也就是某物看起来很有吸引力或者某人的外表看起来“some”（一些/有点），因此“handsome”可以联想到英俊或帅气。

handsome 灵巧的，英俊的，潇洒的，大方的

来自hand的引申义，即手边的，方便的，-some,形容词后缀。后来引申灵巧的，体贴的，大方的，慷慨的等多种词义，但主要用于形容男子潇洒的，英俊的，实质上即暖男。

handsome

handsome: see hand

handsome (adj.)

c. 1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fit, appropriate" (1550s, implied in handsomely), then "having fine form, good-looking, agreeable to the eye" (1580s). Meaning "generous, on a liberal scale" (of rewards, etc.) first recorded 1680s.

[Americans] use the word "handsome" much more extensively than we do: saying that Webster made a handsome speech in the Senate: that a lady talks handsomely, (eloquently:) that a book sells handsomely. A gentleman asked me on the Catskill Mountain, whether I thought the sun handsomer there than at New York. [Harriet Martineau, "Society in America," 1837]

Related: Handsomeness. For sense development, compare pretty (adj.). Similar formation in Dutch handzaam "tractable, serviceable."

1. The opposition won a handsome victory in the election.

反对党在竞选中以高票获胜。

2. Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father.

汤姆某些地方长得和他那帅气的父亲一模一样，只是年轻一些。

3. He was a slim, solemn, darkly handsome young man.

他是个身材修长、表情庄重、皮肤黝黑的帅小伙。

4. He was handsome in a raffish kind of way.

他的帅是一种放荡不羁的帅。

5. "He used to be so handsome." — "And now?"

“他以前是那么英俊。”——“那么现在呢？”

【beautiful, lovely, handsome, fine, pretty, fair】
这组词都有“美丽的，漂亮的”的意思，其区别是：
beautiful: 普通用词，含义广泛，语气最强，指优美和谐，是一种几乎接近完美的美。指人时通常形容女人或小孩，很少用于描写男子。
lovely: 普通用词，描写人时，主要指女人和小孩的相貌，语气不如beautiful强。
handsome: 多用于描写男性的英俊潇洒。有时也形容女人，指其五官端正，体态秀丽。
fine: 指在容貌、身材或风度等方面令人感到可爱。用于事物时，强调形式或内容的优美。
pretty: 普通用词，语气比beautiful弱，多用于描写妇女、儿童以及小巧玲珑，精美可爱之物。
fair: 正式用词，多用于文学中，形容女子和儿童，侧重外表的美。

【beautiful, handsome, pretty, good-looking】
beautiful: 貌美动人，气质高雅；
handsome: 体态健美端庄；
pretty: 活泼可爱；
good-looking: 一般性“好看”