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physiognomy

n.人相学,人相,脸,相面术,相貌,地貌,地势

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physiognomy为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:physiognomist 名词复数:physiognomies 副词:physiognomically 形容词:physiognomic

physiognomy


/,fɪzɪ'ɒnəmɪ; [US] -'ɒgnəʊmɪ; ,fɪzɪ`ɑˇnəmɪ/
n (fml 文)
1 [C]
(a) features of a person's face 相貌; 容貌.
(b) facial type 脸型
*a typical North European physiognomy 典型的北欧人脸型.
2 [U] art of judging a person's character from the features of his face 相面术.
3 [C] physical features of a country or area (一国或一地的)地势, 地貌, 地理特徵.

physiognomy


npluralphysiognomies[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: phisonomie, from Late Latin physiognomonia, from Greek, from physis 'nature, appearance' + gnomon 'interpreter']
technical the general appearance of a person's face