Complexion
[kəm'plekʃ(ə)n] or [kəm'plɛkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament.
(noun.) texture and appearance of the skin of the face.
(noun.) the coloring of a person's face.
(noun.) a point of view or general attitude or inclination; 'he altered the complexion of his times'; 'a liberal political complexion'.
(noun.) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; 'diphthongs are complexions of vowels'.
(verb.) give a certain color to; 'The setting sun complexioned the hills'.
錄入:卡利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being complex; complexity.
(n.) A combination; a complex.
(n.) The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.
(n.) The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
(n.) The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
校對:凯特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Color, hue, or tint (of the face).[2]. Appearance, aspect, look.
錄入:米歇尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Face, aspect, color, look, feature, appearance, character, hue, interpretation,indication
ANT:Unindicativeness, concealment, reticence, inexpression, heart, core
安娜贝拉錄入
解釋/意思:
n. disposition: colour: quality: colour or look of the skin esp. of the face: general appearance temperament or texture: (Shak.) bodily constitution.—v.t. to give a colour to.—adjs. Complex′ional pertaining to the complexion; Complex′ioned having a certain complexion or temperament; Complex′ionless colourless: pale.
編輯:朱利叶斯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you have a beautiful complexion is lucky. You will pass through pleasing incidents. To dream that you have bad and dark complexion, denotes disappointment and sickness.
整理:卢修斯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
Color for the face. From Eng. complex, difficult, and shun, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the druggist.
巴贝奇錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- I suppose you admire a man with the complexion of a cochon de lait. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I cannot separate Miss Fairfax and her complexion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was a gentleman of a dark complexion--a young surgeon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As he never spoke a word, he might have been a native but for his complexion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Nothing could be more becoming to your complexion than that ruffian's rouge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Emma would not agree to this, and began a warm defence of Miss Fairfax's complexion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A superb woman, Mr. Blake, of the sort that are not to be trifled with--the sort with the light complexion and the Roman nose. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The lady's complexion was almost swarthy, and the dark down on her upper lip was almost a moustache. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her complexion was sallow and unhealthy, her cheeks thin, her features sharp, and her whole form emaciated. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Oh, they are for my sister, who has quite a different complexion. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Her hair was of a rich, dark auburn, her complexion fair, and her figure slight and graceful. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Oh, you naughty man--but really, if their complexions were a little better, don't you think they would be nice-looking girls--by candlelight? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If you were to blush every time they went by, what complexions you would have! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But what are our complexions and our looks? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- And so do those of contrary complexions; for that which is too much for a phlegmatic man is not sufficient for a choleric. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
手打:凯勒