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单词 complected
释义

complected

adjective

com·​plect·​ed kəm-ˈplek-təd How to pronounce complected (audio)
US
: having a specified facial complexion
a tall, thin man, fairly dark complected E. J. Kahn
often used in combination
light-complected

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web More: More than 2,200 coronavirus cases in Michigan nursing homes; statewide data coming todayThe driver who fled was described as a light-complected black man, between the ages of 18-22, wearing green sweatpants, according to police findings. Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2020 The likelihood of conviction and the length of a criminal sentence has been linked to how attractive, modest, or even light-complected defendants look. Nadra Nittle, Vox, 31 Oct. 2018 He was described as a light-complected black male in his early 20s who was wearing all blue clothing. Toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 23 June 2017 Here, in the midst of uncomplicated prettiness, stands the 5,500-square-foot rough-complected gray concrete cube, its presence both a rebuke to the area’s bourgeois pretensions as well as a reminder of its recent totalitarian history. Gisela Williams, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2016

Word History

Etymology

complect- (taken as base of complexion) + -ed entry 1

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

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