complexion
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 肤色,情况,局面
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 complexion “temperament”
- 源自 ←古法语 complexion
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 complexiō “complexion, constitution”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *pleḱ-
词源说明
From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
- (figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
- Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
- (obsolete, medicine