Luxe is a short, shiny way of saying that something is expensive and of very good quality. Magazines, hotel ads, and fashion shops love it: a luxe hotel, a luxe fabric, a luxe stay. You will also see it as a noun, especially in phrases like “a touch of luxe,” meaning that rich, special feeling rather than a single object you can hold.

Luxe is a short, shiny way of saying that something is expensive and of very good qualityLuxe是一種簡短又閃亮的說法，用來表示某樣東西很貴，而且品質很好。Magazines, hotel ads, and fashion shops love it雜誌、飯店廣告和時尚店都很愛用它: a luxe hotel像a luxe hotel豪華飯店, a luxe fabric、a luxe fabric高級布料, a luxe stay、a luxe stay奢華的住宿體驗。You will also see it as a noun你也會看到它當名詞用, especially in phrases like "a touch of luxe,"尤其是在「a touch of luxe一點奢華的感覺」這種說法裡, meaning that rich, special feeling rather than a single object you can hold指的是那種豐盛、特別的感覺，而不是一個你可以拿在手上的東西。

Though actually, this is not the everyday word. When people talk at the table, they still say luxury, luxurious, or just expensive and nice. Luxe belongs to glossy writing.

Though actually不過其實, this is not the everyday word這不是日常會用的詞。When people talk at the table人們在餐桌上聊天時, they still say luxury, luxurious, or just expensive and nice還是會說luxury奢華、luxurious奢華的，或就只是說expensive and nice又貴又好。Luxe belongs to glossy writingLuxe屬於那種光鮮亮麗的文字。

It sounds a little French on purpose, because it is French, and it makes a product feel like a magazine page. It is not a joke and not rude — only a bit dressed-up.

It sounds a little French on purpose它聽起來故意帶點法文味, because it is French因為它本來就是法文, and it makes a product feel like a magazine page這會讓一個產品感覺像雜誌內頁一樣。It is not a joke and not rude它不是玩笑，也不是無禮 — only a bit dressed-up只是稍微打扮過一點。

If a student never uses it in their own speaking, that is fine; they mainly need to recognise it when a caption or an advert flashes it at them.

If a student never uses it in their own speaking如果學生自己說話時從來不用這個字, that is fine那也沒關係; they mainly need to recognise it他們主要需要的是，能認得出來就好 when a caption or an advert flashes it at them在字幕或廣告裡突然出現這個字的時候。