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Visage Someone's Face Thou Thy 英 Vɪzɪdʒ] 美 Vɪzɪdʒ

英语单词 visage
英美音标 英 ['vɪzɪdʒ] 美 ['vɪzɪdʒ]
中文释义 n.脸;面貌;容貌
英语例句 (1) Jack gets blushed at once as if his visage is palled with a piece of red cloth.
(2) China has emerged with a new visage in the East.
(3) His visage is a fine and venerable one.
(4) She is always wimpled that no man can see her visage.
中文例句 (1) 杰克登时感到脸上一阵发热,好像蒙上一块红布。
(2) 中国以新的面貌出现在世界的东方。
(3) 他的容貌很漂亮,很可敬。
(4) 她总是用包头巾围包著,没有任何男人能看见她的容貌。
vocabulary简明 Visage is a literary term for referring to someone's face or facial features. You may notice that some face creams use the word visage to try to sound fancier than they are.
vocabulary扩展 A famous use of visage is in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Brutus says: "O conspiracy/Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,/When evils are most free? O, then by day/Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough/To mask thy monstrous visage?" Now there's a quote that will help you remember the meaning of visage, and even give you nightmares.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]脸;面容 Someone's visage is their face.
  [oft with poss]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...his milky-white innocent visage.

    他白嫩无邪的面孔

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