brunette
英[bruː'net;brʊ-]
美[bru'nɛt]
- n. 浅黑肤色的女人
- adj. 深色的
词态变化
复数: brunettes;
助记提示
1. diminutive of brun "brown"。
2. brown => brunette.
中文词源
brunette 深褐色头发的白人女人
brun, 棕褐色，同brown. -ette, 小词后缀。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. She was a statuesque brunette.
- 她有着一头深褐色头发，身材高挑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Was she blonde or brunette?
- 她的头发是金色还是深褐色？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She stared at the brunette.
- 她凝视着那个咖啡色头发的女人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Cynthia was brunette, her figure full, though not excessively.
- 辛西娅的皮肤和头发都是浅黑色的, 身材丰满, 但并不过分.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The next victims will be a redhead and a brunette.
- 下一个受害者将会是红发或黑发.
来自电影对白