(especially of a person or their face )尤指人或人脸 having dark skin 肤色深的;皮肤黝黑的 a swarthy complexion 黝黑的肤色
Oxford Collocations DictionarySwarthy is used with these nouns:- complexion
Word Originlate 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete swarty from Old English sweart, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwart and German schwarz.