brunette
英 [bru?'net; br?-]
美[bru'n?t]
- n. 淺黑膚色的女人
- adj. 深色的
暢通詞匯TEM8
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?brunettes;
助記提示
1. diminutive of brun "brown"。
2. brown => brunette.
2. brown => brunette.
中文詞源
brunette 深褐色頭發(fā)的白人女人
brun, 棕褐色，同brown. -ette, 小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- brunette
- brunette: see brown
- brunette (adj.)
- 1660s, from French brunette (masc. brunet), from Old French brunet "brownish, brown-haired, dark-complexioned," fem. diminutive of brun "brown" (12c.), of West Germanic origin (see brown (adj.)). As a noun, "woman of a dark complexion," from 1710. The metathesized form, Old French burnete, is the source of the surname Burnett. Burnete also was used of a wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally dark brown.
雙語例句
- 1. She was a statuesque brunette.
- 她有著一頭深褐色頭發(fā)，身材高挑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Was she blonde or brunette?
- 她的頭發(fā)是金色還是深褐色？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She stared at the brunette.
- 她凝視著那個(gè)咖啡色頭發(fā)的女人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Cynthia was brunette, her figure full, though not excessively.
- 辛西婭的皮膚和頭發(fā)都是淺黑色的, 身材豐滿, 但并不過分.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The next victims will be a redhead and a brunette.
- 下一個(gè)受害者將會是紅發(fā)或黑發(fā).
來自電影對白