She bought a pleasant-looking house with a small garden around it.

pleasant-looking 是由形容词 pleasant（令人愉快的）和现在分词 looking（看起来）组成的复合形容词。pleasant 表示"令人愉快的"，looking 表示"看起来的"。 pleasant-looking 合起来表示"看起来令人愉快的"，即"外观漂亮的"。