swarthy: [16] Old English sweart meant ‘black’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *swartaz, which also produced German schwarz, Dutch zwart, Swedish svart, and Danish sort, and may go back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as gave Latin sordidus ‘dirty’ (source of English sordid [16]). It survives, just, in modern English as swart ‘dark, black’. From this in the 16th century was derived the now defunct swarty, of which swarthy is an unexplained variant. => sordid
swarthy (adj.)
"dark-colored," especially of skin, 1580s, unexplained alteration of swarty (1570s), from swart + -y (2). Related: Swarthiness.
例文
1. Our driver strolled up,huge and swarthy .
私たちの運転手はのんびりと歩いてきた。彼は背が高く、肌の色が真っ黒だった。
2.He had a broad swarthy face.
彼は真っ黒な大きな顔をしている。
3.The sailor was swarthy from the sun of the tropcs.