Describing People's Appearance in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson

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嗨，我是Stephanie。

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開始前，還有一件事。

Do you want to watch this lesson with subtitles?

您想看有字幕的影片嗎？

You can!

您可以。

Don't forget to turn them on now.

現在不要忘記打開他們。

Click on the 'CC' button in the bottom right of your video player.

點擊影片播放軟體右下角的“CC”選項， 就可以打開字幕。

He’s well-built, with broad shoulders.

他體型很好，有寬闊的肩膀。

He’s very muscular.

他是肌肉男。

‘Well-built’ means big, but big because of muscle, not fat.

“Well-built”意思是身材壯碩，但是壯碩是 因為有肌肉，而不是肥胖。

The opposite of well-built is ‘skinny’.

體型壯碩的反義是“skinny”。

You can say ‘He’s very muscular’ or ‘He’s very muscly’.

您可以說“He’s very muscular”或 “He’s very muscly”。

They have the same meaning.

他們的意思是相同的。

There are other ways to say the same thing; for example, ‘He looks strong.’

用其他的方式說同一件事； 例如，“He looks strong.”

She’s in good shape.

她體型很好。

She has an athletic physique.

她有一個運動型的身材。

‘She’s in good shape’ has the same meaning as ‘She’s fit.’

“She’s in good shape” 和 “She’s fit.”意思相同。

‘Fit’ describes someone who exercises regularly and is very strong.

“Fit”描述某人有規律地鍛煉， 身體很強壯。

Conversationally, in British English, ‘fit’ means ‘attractive’.

在英國的英文口說裡，“fit” 意思是“attractive”。

It can be used for men and women.

適用於男性或女性。

The word ‘physique’ means the shape and condition of your body.

單字“physique”意思是身型和 身體條件。

‘Physique’ is most often used with positive adjectives to describe someone who is strong,

“Physique”是最常用於描述某人身型強壯 或迷人身型的

or who has an attractive body.

褒義形容詞。

For example, the collocations ‘muscular physique’ and ‘strong physique’ are

例如，“muscular physique”和“strong physique”的搭配是

common.

常見的。

He’s skinny.

他是瘦弱的。

He has a slight build.

他身型纖細。

What’s the opposite of ‘fat’?

“fat”的反義單字是什麼？

Actually, there are several words.

實際上，有幾個單字。

‘Thin’ is the basic word.

“Thin”是基本的單字。

‘Slim’ is similar; it means ‘thin and attractive’.

“Slim”是相似的，他意思是“thin and attractive”。

‘Skinny’ is a more negative word.

“Skinny”是一個很負面的單字。

It suggests that someone is *too* thin.

它意思是某人*太*廋了。

If you say that someone is skinny, it means you think they should eat more.

如果您說某人身型瘦弱，它意思是 您認為他們應當吃多一點。

Your ‘build’ is the shape of your body: whether you’re broad or thin, whether you’re

您的“build”是您的身體形狀； 無論您是寬或廋，

muscular or not, and so on.

有肌肉或沒有，類似這樣的。

You can use many different adjectives with ‘build’.

您可以用很多不同的形容詞與 “build”搭配。

Common ones are ‘medium build’, ‘slim build’, ‘proportionate build’ and ‘stocky

常用的幾個是“medium build”、“slim build”、“proportionate build”和

build’.

“stocky build”。

‘Stocky’ means big or wide, usually with muscle rather than fat.

“Stocky”意思是寬大，通常和肌肉搭配， 而不是和胖。

He’s overweight.

他過胖了。

He has a gut.

他有肚子了。

‘Overweight’ is a more indirect word than ‘fat’, although neither is polite if you

“Overweight”是一個與“fat”相比不是很 直接的單字，但是如果您直接

are talking directly to someone.

對某人說，也是不禮貌的。

A gut means a big stomach.

有肚子了意思是有一個大的腹部。

You might use it to describe someone who has a lot of extra weight on their stomach.

您或許能用它來描述某人大腹便便。

You could also say ‘He has a big belly’, which has the same meaning.

您也能說“He has a big belly”， 這有相同的意思。

He has chiselled features, with high cheekbones.

他的臉像是雕琢出來的，有高顴骨。

He has very well-defined facial features.

他的臉部特征很清晰。

This is a chisel.

這是一個鑿刀。

It’s a tool which is used to carve stone, for example to make a sculpture or statue.

它是用於雕刻石頭的工具， 例如做一個雕塑或雕像。

‘Chiselled features’ means that someone’s facial features are very attractive and clearly-defined,

“Chiselled features” 意思是某人的臉部特征 非常吸引人，並有清晰的輪廓，

like a statue.

就像是一尊雕像。

It’s generally used for men’s faces.

這常用於形容男性的臉部。

‘Well-defined’ is similar, but can be used for men or women.

“Well-defined”是相似的，但是可用於 形容男性或女性的臉部。

If your facial features are well-defined, then your cheekbones, jaw, chin and so on

如果您的臉部特征很清晰， 那麼您的顴骨、顎骨、下巴等

have a clear shape.

有一個清晰的輪廓。

This has a positive meaning, although it doesn’t necessarily mean ‘attractive’.

這有一個褒義意思，儘管它 不一定是“attractive“。

He has crow’s feet.

他有魚尾紋。

He has faint wrinkles in his forehead.

他的前額有淡淡的皺紋。

As you get older, you’ll get lines or wrinkles in your face.

當您老了，您的臉上會有線條或皺紋。

Crow’s feet are the patterns of wrinkles you get in the corner of your eyes.

魚尾紋是在您的眼角的皺紋圖案。

Wrinkles can be ‘faint’ – light and difficult to see – or ‘deep’.

皺紋可以是”faint“ – 淺的 並很難被看見 – 或是”deep“。

She has dimples when she smiles.

當她笑的時候，臉上有酒窩。

She has freckles on her nose and cheeks.

她的鼻子和臉頰上有雀斑。

‘Dimples’ here means small holes in your cheeks which appear when you smile.

”Dimples“在這意思是當您笑的時候 出現在您臉頰上的小洞。

Not everyone has them.

不是每個人都有酒窩。

Although it’s not common, you can use the word ‘dimple’ to refer to similar holes

儘管不常用，您能用單字 ”dimple“來指在其他地方的

in other places.

相似的洞。

For example, some people have a dimple on their chin.

例如，一些人在他們的下巴上有酒窩。

Freckles are common among people with very light skin.

雀斑在淺色皮膚的人們間是常見的。

Going out into the sun can make your skin more freckled.

外出到陽光下會讓您的皮膚有更多的雀斑。

She has a round face, with a high forehead.

她是圓臉高額頭。

She has a double chin.

她有雙下巴。

You can use many adjectives to describe the shape of someone’s face, such as: round,

您可以用很多形容詞來描述某人 的臉部形狀，如：圓、

thin, symmetrical, long, or square.

廋、對稱、長、方。

If someone is overweight, they might have a double chin.

如果某人超重，他們也許 有一個雙下巴。

He has a goatee.

他有山羊鬍。

He’s going grey.

他的頭髮變灰了。

‘Goatee’ is a common word; it’s a beard which covers your chin and upper lip only.

“Goatee”是一個常見的單字；那是覆蓋下巴 只長在嘴唇以下的一種鬍子。

You can also have a full beard, which covers your whole face and neck.

您也可以有覆蓋整張臉和 脖子的滿臉鬍鬚。

There are many words for different styles of beard, but most of them are not commonly

有很多單字來形容不同類型的鬍子， 但除了被鬍子專家使用的以外，

used, except by beard experts.

他們之中的大部份是不常用的。

If you say ‘he’s going grey’, ‘going’ means ‘becoming’.

如果您說“he’s going grey”，“going” 意思是“becoming”。

You can use ‘go’ in this way for changes in someone’s hair; for example ‘go grey’

您能以這種方式來用“go”去描述某人 頭髮的改變；例如“go grey”

or ‘go bald’.

或“go bald”。

You can also use it if someone’s face changes colour.

如果某人的臉部顏色變了，您也能用它。

For example ‘She went bright red’ or ‘He went pale when he heard the news’.

例如“She went bright red”或“He went pale when he heard the news”。

He has curly black hair.

他有黑捲髮。

She has thick shoulder-length curly hair.

她有齊肩長的濃密捲髮。

‘Curly’ describes hair with tight curls.

“Curly”描述頭髮是濃密的、捲的。

What’s the opposite?

相反呢？

The opposite is ‘straight hair’.

想法是“straight hair”。

In the middle, you can have ‘wavy hair.’

在中間，您可以有“wavy hair.”

For length, you can say hair is long, short, medium length, or shoulder length.

對於長度，您可以說頭髮是長的、短的、 中等長度的，或者齊肩長度的。

For very long hair, you might say something like ‘Her hair reached down to her waist’.

如果是很長的頭髮，您或許說某些像是 “Her hair reached down to her waist”。

He’s bald, with a thick beard.

他禿頭，有濃密的鬍子。

She has long blonde hair.

她有一頭金色長髮。

‘Bald’ only refers to people who have lost their hair, usually because of aging.

“Bald”僅僅指那些掉光頭髮的人， 通常是因為年齡大。

If someone shaves their hair off, you can say ‘He has a shaved head’.

如果某人剃光了頭髮，您可以說 “He has a shaved head”。

Hair can be thick or thin; you can use these adjectives for hair on your head, or for facial

頭髮可以是濃密的、稀疏的；您可以 用這些形容詞來描述您的

hair: beards and moustaches.

頭部、臉部的毛髮：鬍鬚和小鬍子。

When talking about hair, be careful with adjective order.

當談論毛髮時，留意 形容詞的順序。

Adjectives like ‘long’, ‘short’, ‘thick’ or ‘thin’ go before the colour.

形容詞，像是“long”、“short”、“thick” 或“thin”要在色彩的前面。

So, you can have ‘long brown hair’, ‘thick dark hair’, ‘short fair hair’, and so

所以，您能有“long brown hair”、“thick dark hair”、“short fair hair”，

on.

等等。

He has fair hair.

他有淺色頭髮。

His hair is shaved short at the back and sides, and swept to one side on top.

他的頭髮兩側和後面剪短了， 並在頂部梳到一邊。

‘Fair hair’ is similar to ‘blond hair’, but is has a wider meaning.

“Fair hair”是與“blond hair”近似的， 但有更寬泛的詞義。

‘Fair’ just means ‘light’, so it could include light brown hair or dark blond hair.

“Fair”就意味著“light”，所以它可以包括 淺棕色或深金色的頭髮。

‘Sweep’ generally means to clean your floor with a broom.

“Sweep”一般來說意思是用掃把 清潔您的地板。

However, you can also use it for hair, especially when you push your hair in one direction.

然而，您也能用它來形容頭髮，特別是 當您朝一個方向推您的頭髮時。

You can sweep your hair to one side, sweep your hair into a ponytail, or sweep your hair

您可以把您的頭髮梳到一邊， 梳成一個馬尾，

back.

或往後梳您的頭髮。

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