high yellow英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A black person with light skin with yellow undertones.

— Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.

形容词 adj.

Of a black person, having a light skin tone.

— Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2.

词形变化

high yellows plural more high yellow comparative most high yellow superlative

词源

词源 1

After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom.

词源 2

After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom.