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单词 complexion
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Definition of complexion in English:

complexion

noun kəmˈplɛkʃ(ə)nkəmˈplɛkʃən
  • 1The natural colour, texture, and appearance of a person's skin, especially of the face.

    a smooth, pale complexion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a tall fellow, slight of build with thinning red hair and a pale complexion to match.
    • I half-thought some of these players' natural complexions were gray before watching this.
    • She has a pale complexion and was wearing a blue denim jacket with jeans.
    • It is believed to help clear the complexion and give the skin a fine texture and bring out its natural glow.
    • He looked at his pasty complexion in the mirror.
    • Moretti had a smooth complexion the colour of clotted cream and a face full of cinnamon freckles.
    • I was a surly teenage then, and it didn't do much for my complexion or temper.
    • The offender is said to be in his early 20s, six feet tall and slim with a pale complexion and dark mousy hair.
    • Their complexion is pale and duskish and their skin is rough and cold.
    • He had a pale complexion with slight dark stubble on his face.
    • She had waist length, ebony hair and her skin complexion wasn't too pale nor too dark.
    • The passengers aboard the winged champions had equally natural complexions.
    • White is a popular color when it comes to summer fashion and it works well with most skin complexions.
    • Purple is a much better colour for your complexion than blue, trust me.
    • When will I have perfect, flawless complexion?
    • They both had similar figures and skin complexions, courtesy of their father's side of the family.
    • His complexion was pale and there was blood coming from his nose.
    • All I can make out is that she has black hair and eyes, a fair complexion, and a very bad temper.
    • He had thin facial features with a long pointed nose and a pale complexion.
    • My only worry is, I don't think orange is a colour that suits my complexion.
    Synonyms
    skin, skin colour, skin colouring, skin tone, skin texture, pigmentation
  • 2The general aspect or character of something.

    the complexion of the game changed
    successive governments of all complexions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The moments that followed changed the complexion of the game and Conn Rangers history forever.
    • What he told me put a very different complexion on the story.
    • The peace was regulated, and thereby preserved, by the altered political complexion of Germany.
    • However, it was the performance of Neil Carew that really changed the complexion of the game.
    • In the space of five minutes, Achill landed a trio of goals and the complexion of the game was never the same.
    • Had any of those goal chances been converted the complexion of this game may have been very different.
    • Nearly every song on A Treasury is a show-stopper, and the track selection is fine, spotlighting Drake's weighty insights and limning the various complexions of his character.
    • Pronger and Blake can change the complexion of the game just by being on the ice, and believe me, they will be on the ice a lot.
    • Being alpha male in his own pit will put a different complexion on things.
    • That would change the complexion and tone of campaigning considerably.
    • Now the majors have grown into generals in positions of immense power and the complexion of the army has changed drastically.
    • The change in social complexion is having an impact and people are more aware of crime because of various mediums.
    • He is both a pure scorer and a persistent defender with the ability to alter the complexion of any game.
    • The complexion of the confrontation may have changed entirely with Thompson's dismissal.
    • That, obviously, would have changed the complexion of the whole game.
    • The fall of the wicket brought Vowles to the crease and the game changed complexion.
    Synonyms
    perspective, angle, slant, interpretation
    aspect, appearance, light, look, countenance
    type, kind, sort
    nature, character, disposition, description, cast, stamp, hue, ilk, kidney, grain, mould

Derivatives

  • complexioned

  • adjective
    • in combination they were both fair-complexioned

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin complexio(n-) 'combination' (in late Latin 'physical constitution'), from complectere 'embrace, comprise'. The term originally denoted physical constitution or temperament determined by the combination of the four bodily humours, hence sense 1 (late 16th century) as a visible sign of this.

  • This came via Old French from Latin complectere ‘embrace, comprise’. The term originally referred to a person's physical constitution to temperament once believed to be determined by a combination of the four bodily humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. This gave rise, in the late 16th century, to the meaning ‘natural colour and texture of a person's skin’ as a visible sign of this temperament. Complex (mid 17th century), something that comprises many things, is from the same source.

Rhymes

abjection, affection, circumspection, collection, confection, connection, convection, correction, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, genuflection, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, insurrection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, lection, misdirection, objection, perfection, predilection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, subjection, transection, vivisection
 
 

Definition of complexion in US English:

complexion

nounkəmˈplɛkʃənkəmˈplekSHən
  • 1The natural color, texture, and appearance of a person's skin, especially of the face.

    a smooth, pale complexion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When will I have perfect, flawless complexion?
    • They both had similar figures and skin complexions, courtesy of their father's side of the family.
    • The passengers aboard the winged champions had equally natural complexions.
    • He had a pale complexion with slight dark stubble on his face.
    • Their complexion is pale and duskish and their skin is rough and cold.
    • Purple is a much better colour for your complexion than blue, trust me.
    • The offender is said to be in his early 20s, six feet tall and slim with a pale complexion and dark mousy hair.
    • I was a surly teenage then, and it didn't do much for my complexion or temper.
    • White is a popular color when it comes to summer fashion and it works well with most skin complexions.
    • She had waist length, ebony hair and her skin complexion wasn't too pale nor too dark.
    • He had thin facial features with a long pointed nose and a pale complexion.
    • His complexion was pale and there was blood coming from his nose.
    • It is believed to help clear the complexion and give the skin a fine texture and bring out its natural glow.
    • He was a tall fellow, slight of build with thinning red hair and a pale complexion to match.
    • He looked at his pasty complexion in the mirror.
    • My only worry is, I don't think orange is a colour that suits my complexion.
    • I half-thought some of these players' natural complexions were gray before watching this.
    • Moretti had a smooth complexion the colour of clotted cream and a face full of cinnamon freckles.
    • All I can make out is that she has black hair and eyes, a fair complexion, and a very bad temper.
    • She has a pale complexion and was wearing a blue denim jacket with jeans.
    Synonyms
    skin, skin colour, skin colouring, skin tone, skin texture, pigmentation
  • 2The general aspect or character of something.

    Congress's new complexion became boldly apparent last summer
    wind, rain, and road construction have gradually changed Baja's complexion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The change in social complexion is having an impact and people are more aware of crime because of various mediums.
    • In the space of five minutes, Achill landed a trio of goals and the complexion of the game was never the same.
    • The moments that followed changed the complexion of the game and Conn Rangers history forever.
    • What he told me put a very different complexion on the story.
    • He is both a pure scorer and a persistent defender with the ability to alter the complexion of any game.
    • That, obviously, would have changed the complexion of the whole game.
    • The fall of the wicket brought Vowles to the crease and the game changed complexion.
    • Now the majors have grown into generals in positions of immense power and the complexion of the army has changed drastically.
    • The complexion of the confrontation may have changed entirely with Thompson's dismissal.
    • That would change the complexion and tone of campaigning considerably.
    • The peace was regulated, and thereby preserved, by the altered political complexion of Germany.
    • Had any of those goal chances been converted the complexion of this game may have been very different.
    • Pronger and Blake can change the complexion of the game just by being on the ice, and believe me, they will be on the ice a lot.
    • Nearly every song on A Treasury is a show-stopper, and the track selection is fine, spotlighting Drake's weighty insights and limning the various complexions of his character.
    • Being alpha male in his own pit will put a different complexion on things.
    • However, it was the performance of Neil Carew that really changed the complexion of the game.
    Synonyms
    perspective, angle, slant, interpretation
    type, kind, sort

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin complexio(n-) ‘combination’ (in late Latin ‘physical constitution’), from complectere ‘embrace, comprise’. The term originally denoted physical constitution or temperament determined by the combination of the four bodily humors, hence complexion (sense 1) (late 16th century) as a visible sign of this.

 
 
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