English Dictionary

touch of the tar brush

名詞

くだけた表現

(informal) Real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry in a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry; mixed racial heritage (e.g. Afro-Caribbean or, to a lesser extent, South Asian in background or appearance).

日本語の意味

主に白人の系統でありながら、わずかにアフリカ系やアジア系の血が混じっていることを示す表現。具体的には、アフロ・カリブ系や、限られた程度で南アジア系の影響が見られる混血を指す。

When genealogists examined his family tree, they discovered he had a touch of the tar brush several generations back.

系譜学者が彼の家系図を調べると、何代も前にアフリカ系やアジア系の血がごくわずかに混じっていることがわかった。

意味（1）

(informal) Real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry in a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry; mixed racial heritage (e.g. Afro-Caribbean or, to a lesser extent, South Asian in background or appearance).

She was quite young—not more than about twenty-five—and sort of dark and slinky-looking, if you know what I mean. Quite nice-looking in a kind of way, but rather as though she might have what my mother used to call a touch of the tar-brush.

touches of the tar brush （ plural ）