英语词汇“swarthy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Swarthy means dark skinned. If you like tall, dark and handsome men, you find a swarthy complexion attractive.

Not everyone with dark skin is swarthy. The word is usually used to describe someone whose skin is weather beaten and darkened by the sun, or has an olive complexion. But the famous 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman, who was of English and Dutch stock, seemed to be describing himself in his poem "Behold This Swarthy Face," so swarthy may be in the eyes of the beholder.

WORD FAMILY

swarthy: swarthier, swarthiest, swarthily, swarthiness

USAGE EXAMPLES

His hair was black; his eyes were black; his complexion was swarthy.

The New Yorker(Oct 03, 2016)

Tennis Night in America would involve either a weekly series of rail-thin Eastern European women or swarthy Slavic men with difficult-to-pronounce names.

Los Angeles Times(Sep 09, 2016)

Three months later, roaming the Southland with the swarthy resilience of those dozens of "Game of Thrones" characters he resembles, Turner is everywhere.

Los Angeles Times(Feb 16, 2016)

adj naturally having skin of a dark color

a smile on his swarthy face

Syn

dark-skinned, dusky, swart
brunet, brunette

marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes

单词	swarthy
释义	swarthy (once / 1937 pages) adj Swarthy means dark skinned. If you like tall, dark and handsome men, you find a swarthy complexion attractive. Not everyone with dark skin is swarthy. The word is usually used to describe someone whose skin is weather beaten and darkened by the sun, or has an olive complexion. But the famous 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman, who was of English and Dutch stock, seemed to be describing himself in his poem "Behold This Swarthy Face," so swarthy may be in the eyes of the beholder. WORD FAMILY swarthy: swarthier, swarthiest, swarthily, swarthiness USAGE EXAMPLES His hair was black; his eyes were black; his complexion was swarthy. The New Yorker(Oct 03, 2016) Tennis Night in America would involve either a weekly series of rail-thin Eastern European women or swarthy Slavic men with difficult-to-pronounce names. Los Angeles Times(Sep 09, 2016) Three months later, roaming the Southland with the swarthy resilience of those dozens of "Game of Thrones" characters he resembles, Turner is everywhere. Los Angeles Times(Feb 16, 2016) adj naturally having skin of a dark color a smile on his swarthy face Syn dark-skinned, dusky, swart brunet, brunette marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
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