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swarthy

adjective
🔊/ˈswɔːði/
🔊/ˈswɔːrði/
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  1. (especially of a person or their face尤指人或人脸) having dark skin肤色深的；皮肤黝黑的
    • a swarthy complexion黝黑的肤色
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    Oxford Collocations DictionarySwarthy is used with these nouns:
    • complexion
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete swarty from Old English sweart, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwart and German schwarz.