| 单词 | complexion |
| 释义 | complexion (once / 442 pages) 1nv 2n 3n Complexion refers to the color of a person's skin, especially the face. If you have light skin, for example, you might be said to have a fair or pale complexion. The general character of something can also be called its complexion. If your team's star quarterback is out with an injury, it will change the complexion of the next game and possibly the entire season. Complexion originally referred to the humors that in ancient Greek and Roman medicine supposedly made up a person's temperament and health. The word came from the Latin complexionem, or "combination," but as humorism fell out of favor, this definition of complexion also became obsolete. WORD FAMILYcomplexion: complexioned, complexions+/complect: complected, complexion USAGE EXAMPLES“Bodies like mine, women of my color and my complexion.” The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) Because of my reclusiveness, the complexion of each day mimics the one before it. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) The ugly new face of the US may be “white” but its actual complexion is best described as a vehement orange. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) 1 1n texture and appearance of the skin of the face Hyper appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 2n the coloring of a person's face Syn|Hypo|Hyper skin color, skin colour blondness, fairness, paleness the property of having a naturally light complexion rosiness, ruddinessa healthy reddish complexion achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wannessunnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) sallownessa sickly yellowish skin color tawninessthe quality or state of being the color of tanned leather darkness, duskiness, swarthinessa swarthy complexion whitenesslightness or fairness of complexion color, coloring, colour, colouring a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect 3v give a certain color to 2The setting sun complexioned the hills Hyper tinct, tinge, tint, touch color lightly 1n a point of view or general attitude or inclination he altered the complexion of his times a liberal political complexion Hyper point of view, stand, standpoint, viewpoint a mental position from which things are viewed 2n (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 3Hyper nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions n a combination that results from coupling or interlinking diphthongs are complexions of vowels Hyper combination a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities |
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