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Complexion 10629.Complexion 英 Kəm'plekʃ(ə)N]美 Kəm'plɛkʃən 释义 N 肤色;面色;情况;局面vt

正面 10629.complexion
英 [kəm'plekʃ(ə)n]美 [kəm'plɛkʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 肤色;面色;情况;局面vt. 使增添色彩
例句:
1. She has a poor complexion and pock marks on her forehead.她满面菜色,额头上有些麻子。

1. 该词最初的含义是“性质,性情,脾气”。因为该词的字面含义是“各种比例混合的体液”。
complexion 肤色,特质来自complex, 多成分组成的,形成身体特质的,肤色的。同complected.
complexion (n.)mid-14c., "bodily constitution," from Old French complexion, complession "combination of humors," hence "temperament, character, make-up," from Latin complexionem (nominative complexio) "combination" (in Late Latin, "physical constitution"), from complexus (see complex (adj.)). Meaning "appearance of the skin of the face" is first recorded mid-15c. In medieval physiology, the color of the face indicated temperament or health."

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