complexion的词源

英文词源

complexion (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-14c., "bodily constitution," from Old French complexion, complession "combination of humors," hence "temperament, character, make-up," from Latin complexionem (nominative complexio) "combination" (in Late Latin, "physical constitution"), from complexus (see complex (adj.)). Meaning "appearance of the skin of the face" is first recorded mid-15c. In medieval physiology, the color of the face indicated temperament or health.

中文词源

complexion(肤色):四种体液组合决定了人的脾性

古代欧洲的“体液学说”认为人体包括四种体液(humors)。四种体液的组合比例 决定了人的脾性、气质和健康。英语单词complexion来自拉丁语complexionem(组合),本意是人体四种体液的组合,与英语单词 complex(复合体,复合的)同源,表示由体液组合所决定的人的脾性。古代人又认为人的脾性能通过肤色显露出来,就像中国人所谓的“相由心生”,因此complexion一词又衍生出“肤色、面色”的含义。

complexion:[kəm'plekʃ(ə)n] n.肤色,面色,情况,局面

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complexion:肤色,特质

来自complex, 多成分组成的,形成身体特质的,肤色的。同complected.