| 释义 |
brunet, a. and n.|bruːˈnɛt|
[a. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown.]
A. adj. Dark-complexioned.
B. n. A dark-complexioned person. Hence bruˈnetness.
1887Dole tr. Tolstoi's Russ. Proprietor 247 But I should like to see what sort of a man this hussar is,—whether he is brunet or blondin. 1890T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 757 The brunet broad-heads now met with in central France. Ibid. 767 The present contrast of blonds and brunets existed among them. 1899Ripley Races Eur. 147 Our map of the distribution of brunetness. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 915/1 For what reason the union of brunet-white with blackish should bring about something blacker still, is here wisely left to the biologist. 1967T. Wells Dead by Light of Moon (1968) v. 52 The boy looks like the mother, the father is brunet. |