swarthy

FREQ #47563

a. 黑黝黝的

发音

US /ˈswɔɹði/
其它

词形变化

swarthies 复数 swarthies swarthier 比较级 swarthier swarthiest swarthiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swarthy person.

    Real controversial stuff, sure, but you know what, he was actually in the dead center of polite opinion when it came to the Negroes and the swarthies and money-grubbing kikes and all those other lovely stereotypes.

    The swarthies didn't bother to threaten us this time; instead, they mocked us with catcalls and whistles, as we squeezed past them in abject humiliation.

    A school friend of mine, Gavin, one of the swarthies, organised one May afternoon a tea party at his parents' house in Cheyne Walk.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Tawny, dusky, dark.

  2. 2.

    Dark-skinned; black.

    贬义
  3. 3.

    Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.

  4. 4.

    A dark grey color.

  5. 5.

    Evil, malicious.

  6. 6.

    Weathered, rough.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

dusky dark-skinned swart

近义相关 2

brunette brunet

词源

Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

来源：wiktionary