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单词 light-skinned
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Definition of light-skinned in English:

light-skinned

adjective
  • (especially of a non-white person) having pale or relatively pale skin.

    a light-skinned Jamaican woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact its not uncommon in a Mexican family to have a mixture of brown and light-skinned people.
    • In Africa, many babies are born looking light-skinned, whereas the parents are very dark.
    • Sunburn is an important hazard, particularly for light-skinned people.
    • Colors that may look good on a light-skinned person may not have the same effect for a person of a darker skin complexion.
    • As you can see, I'm fairly light-skinned, in fact, I'm often mistaken for a Latino when I go overseas.
    • He was going on 20, a year older, and a handsome, charming, light-skinned black man.
    • They were all light-skinned but had almond-shaped eyes.
    • He was never a light-skinned black person.
    • What's blatant disrespect and racism is the replacement of dark-skinned women in Hollywood for light-skinned or white women.
    • With him was an even taller guy, dark-haired and light-skinned, wearing a uniform of sorts.
    • He has the peppery, light-skinned features common to the Berber people of North Africa.
    • With her was a wiry, light-skinned man wearing a pair of blue football shorts.
    Synonyms
    white, pallid, pasty, pasty-faced, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, peakish, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, chalky, chalk-white, grey, whitish, white-faced, whey-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, green, ghastly, sickly, sallow, as white as a sheet, as white as a ghost, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, looking as if one had seen a ghost
 
 

Definition of light-skinned in US English:

light-skinned

adjective
  • (especially of a nonwhite person) having pale or relatively pale skin.

    a light-skinned black woman
    the light-skinned, blond-haired peoples of Scandinavia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With her was a wiry, light-skinned man wearing a pair of blue football shorts.
    • Colors that may look good on a light-skinned person may not have the same effect for a person of a darker skin complexion.
    • In Africa, many babies are born looking light-skinned, whereas the parents are very dark.
    • As you can see, I'm fairly light-skinned, in fact, I'm often mistaken for a Latino when I go overseas.
    • Sunburn is an important hazard, particularly for light-skinned people.
    • He was going on 20, a year older, and a handsome, charming, light-skinned black man.
    • They were all light-skinned but had almond-shaped eyes.
    • In fact its not uncommon in a Mexican family to have a mixture of brown and light-skinned people.
    • He has the peppery, light-skinned features common to the Berber people of North Africa.
    • With him was an even taller guy, dark-haired and light-skinned, wearing a uniform of sorts.
    • What's blatant disrespect and racism is the replacement of dark-skinned women in Hollywood for light-skinned or white women.
    • He was never a light-skinned black person.
    Synonyms
    white, pallid, pasty, pasty-faced, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, peakish, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, chalky, chalk-white, grey, whitish, white-faced, whey-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, green, ghastly, sickly, sallow, as white as a sheet, as white as a ghost, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, looking as if one had seen a ghost
 
 
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