描写人物的外貌与五官
外貌 Physical Appearance
在描写人时, 通常会描写其外貌特征, 如: 年龄, 身材, 体形, 头发(长短, 颜色, 发型), 脸型, 肤色, 眼睛, 衣着, 表情, 情趣, 爱好, 个性等, 但不必面面提到, 一般要抓住某人比较明显的特征来描述。在描写人的外貌时, 用一般现在时。 描述身材常用的形容词有:
tall, small, short, of medium height …
描述体型的有:
fat, thin, slim, big, small, of medium build, strong等。
描述相貌的有:
beautiful, pretty, good-looking, charming, sweet, handsome, funny, ugly, peculiar, rough, ill-looking
体格(build ):
fat 肥胖的; thin 瘦的; slim 苗条的; overweight 超重; slight 瘦小的; well-built身材魁梧
身高 (height )
medium height 中等身材;
average height 一般身材;
below average 低于平均身高;
tall 高的; short 矮的; tallish 有些高的;
middle-sized 身高中等的;
of medium height 中等身材;
1.78 meters 身高1.78米。
在用英语描写面部容貌的时候,可以从脸型、头发、五官入手。 脸型(face ):
round 圆的; thin 瘦的; long 长的; square 方的。
A. She eats too much these days, so her face is getting round.
她最近吃得太多了,所以她的脸变圆了。
头发(hair ):
(1) 发型(hair style):
straight 直的; curly 卷发的; pigtails 辫子; crew cut 平头; bald秃头的。
A. Her hair is brown and curly.
她有着一头棕色而卷曲的头发。
(2) 发色(hair color):
jet-black 乌黑的; fair 金色的; blonde 淡黄色的; golden 金黄色的; dyed 染色的; brunette 浅黑色的; mousey 灰褐色的; chestnut 栗色的.
五官:
(1) 眼睛(eye ):
deep-set 深陷的; sunken 凹陷的; bulging/protruding 凸出的; eyelashes 睫毛; eyebrows 眉毛.
A. His eyes are deep-set because he has worked till midnight for a long time. 他的眼睛深陷,因为他这段时间经常工作到深夜。
B. He had the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen.
她有一双我从未见过的漂亮蓝眼睛。
(2) 鼻子(nose):
long 长的; straight 挺直的; big 大的; small 小的; flat 扁平的; hooked 钩状的.
A. He was born a hooked nose.
他天生是鹰钩鼻。
B. His nose is very big, so he doesn't like it.
他的鼻子很大,所以他不喜欢它。
(3) 嘴部(mouth):
tooth 牙齿; even 整齐的; uneven 不整齐的; chin下巴。
A. When he laughs, we see his even teeth.
当他笑的时候,我们看见他有一口整齐的牙齿。
B. She has a double chin.
她有双下巴。