brunette
英 [bruː'net; brʊ-]
美 [bru'nɛt]
助記提示
1. diminutive of brun "brown"。
2. brown => brunette.
中文詞源
brunette 深褐色頭發的白人女人brun, 棕褐色，同brown. -ette, 小詞後綴。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She was a statuesque brunette.
- 她有著一頭深褐色頭發，身材高挑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Was she blonde or brunette?
- 她的頭發是金色還是深褐色？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She stared at the brunette.
- 她凝視著那個咖啡色頭發的女人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Cynthia was brunette, her figure full, though not excessively.
- 辛西婭的皮膚和頭發都是淺黑色的, 身材豐滿, 但並不過分.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The next victims will be a redhead and a brunette.
- 下一個受害者將會是紅發或黑發.
來自電影對白