retroussé

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹəˈtɹuːseɪ/    美 /ˌɹɛtɹuˈseɪ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Turned up, especially when describing the nose.
    — [...] Roxelane [...] would never have been espoused by the Sultan [Suleiman the Magnificent] had not her nose been retroussé, thus[…]. / It may be noted that to this day a retroussé nose is known in France as a nose a la Roxelane.

词形变化

more retroussé comparative most retroussé superlative retrousse alternative

词源

From French retroussé, past participle of retrousser (“to hitch up, hike up”), from re- (from Latin re- (“back, backwards; again”), from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) or *ure- (“back”)) + trousser (“to fold up, hitch up”).
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