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A brunette is a woman or girl with dark brown hair. That is the careful, older meaning.
A brunette is a woman or girl with dark brown hairbrunette 是深棕髮色的女人或女孩。That is the careful, older meaning這是比較講究、比較舊的意思。
In everyday talk people sometimes stretch it to any brown hair, not only dark brown; they almost never mean black hair, though sometimes lump those together. The usual pair in English is blonde for light hair and brunette for brown, and both words have long been used of women.
In everyday talk在日常用語裡 people sometimes stretch it to any brown hair人們有時候會把它延伸到任何棕色頭髮，not only dark brown不只是深棕色；they almost never mean black hair他們幾乎不會拿它指黑髮，though learners sometimes lump those together雖然學習者有時候會把這兩者混在一起。The usual pair in English is blonde for light hair英文裡常見的一組是 blonde 指淺色頭髮 and brunette for brown而 brunette 指棕色頭髮，and both words have long been used of women而且這兩個字長久以來都是用在女性身上。
There is a masculine form brunet (no extra -te), but English speakers hardly use it; “a brunette man” still sounds wrong to many ears. The word was borrowed from French: brun means brown, and brunette is the feminine form of brunet.
There is a masculine form brunet (no extra -te)有一個陽性形式 brunet（沒有多一個 -te），but English speakers hardly use it但說英文的人幾乎不用它；"a brunette man" still sounds wrong to many ears「a brunette man」對很多人聽起來還是怪怪的。The word was borrowed from French這個字是從法文借來的：brun means brownbrun 的意思是棕色，and brunette is the feminine form of brunet而 brunette 是 brunet 的陰性形式。
It can feel a little like magazine language, or a little old-fashioned; a lot of people now just say “she has brown hair.”
It can feel a little like magazine language它有時候聽起來有點像雜誌用語，or a little old-fashioned或有點老派；a lot of people now just say "she has brown hair."現在很多人就直接說「she has brown hair」（她是棕髮）。
組成Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”).
同家族的字
- brunetthe rarer masculine form, from the same French word
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Brunettename
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A surname from French.
brunetteadj/bɹuˈnɛt/
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Of a brown color or tone.
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datedOf a brown color or tone.
- Frosting and Tipping of your hair is for winter hi-fashion. It adds hi-lights to any brunette or brownette hair, softens the looks and adds body to the hair.
- Hey, kiddies, Christopher Reeves,^([sic]) who has dark brunette locks whilst winging through the air as “Superman,” has light brownette hair in person.
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Having brown hair.
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datedHaving brown hair.
- The survey asked for preferences in smoking and drinking, and whether they preferred blonde, brunette, or red-haired or brownette women as dates.
- MAX FACTOR ★ HOLLYWOOD has created these luxurious Gift Sets in Color Harmony shades for blonde, brownette, brunette or red-head types. Every woman is interested in the gift which will reveal her individual loveliness.
brunettenoun/bɹuˈnɛt/
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A person, especially female, with brown hair.
- And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons.
- The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
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datedA person, especially female, with brown hair.
- FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]
- The models were very attractive indeed (blondes, brunettes, brownettes but no redettes) but on the slim side.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。