Complexion

(noun.) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament.

(noun.) texture and appearance of the skin of the face.

(noun.) the coloring of a person's face.

(noun.) a point of view or general attitude or inclination; 'he altered the complexion of his times'; 'a liberal political complexion'.

(noun.) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; 'diphthongs are complexions of vowels'.

(verb.) give a certain color to; 'The setting sun complexioned the hills'.

录入:卡利

• I suppose you admire a man with the complexion of a cochon de lait. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I cannot separate Miss Fairfax and her complexion. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was a gentleman of a dark complexion--a young surgeon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As he never spoke a word, he might have been a native but for his complexion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Nothing could be more becoming to your complexion than that ruffian's rouge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Emma would not agree to this, and began a warm defence of Miss Fairfax's complexion. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A superb woman, Mr. Blake, of the sort that are not to be trifled with--the sort with the light complexion and the Roman nose. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The lady's complexion was almost swarthy, and the dark down on her upper lip was almost a moustache. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Her complexion was sallow and unhealthy, her cheeks thin, her features sharp, and her whole form emaciated. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Oh, they are for my sister, who has quite a different complexion. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her hair was of a rich, dark auburn, her complexion fair, and her figure slight and graceful. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Oh, you naughty man--but really, if their complexions were a little better, don't you think they would be nice-looking girls--by candlelight? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• If you were to blush every time they went by, what complexions you would have! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But what are our complexions and our looks? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And so do those of contrary complexions; for that which is too much for a phlegmatic man is not sufficient for a choleric. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

手打:凯勒