Old English sweart "black, dark," of night, clouds, also figurative, "wicked, infamous," from Proto-Germanic *swarta- (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Middle Dutch swart, Dutch zwart, Old Norse svartr, German schwarz, Gothic swarts "dark-colored, black"), from PIE root *swordo- "dirty, dark, black" (source of sordid). The true Germanic word, surviving in the Continental languages, displaced in English by black. Of skin color of persons from late 14c. Related: Swartest.
双语例句
1. Price policy is widely used by the TPL companies which lead to the swart competition.
价格策略仍为广大的第三方物流企业所运用,价格战还在一定程度上存在.
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英英释意
1. naturally having skin of a dark color;
"a dark-skinned beauty"
"gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
"a smile on his swarthy face"
"`swart' is archaic"
实用场景例句
Price policy is widely used by the TPL companies which lead to the swart competition.
