expression

ex·pres·sion

E0291500 (ĭk-sprĕsh′ən)n.1. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation: an expression of rural values.2. Something that expresses or communicates: Let this plaque serve as an expression of our esteem.3. Mathematics A symbol or combination of symbols that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities.4. The manner in which one expresses oneself, especially in speaking, depicting, or performing.5. A particular word or phrase: "an old Yankee expression ... 'Stand up and be counted'" (Charles Kuralt).6. The outward manifestation of a mood or a disposition: My tears are an expression of my grief.7. A facial aspect or a look that conveys a special feeling: an expression of scorn.8. The act of pressing or squeezing out.9. Genetics The act or process of expressing a gene.

expression

(ɪkˈsprɛʃən) n1. the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words2. a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words: tears are an expression of grief. 3. (Art Terms) communication of emotion through music, painting, etc4. a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion: a joyful expression. 5. (Linguistics) the choice of words, phrases, syntax, intonation, etc, in communicating6. a particular phrase used conventionally to express something: a dialect expression. 7. the act or process of forcing or squeezing out a liquid8. (Mathematics) maths a variable, function, or some combination of constants, variables, or functions9. (Genetics) genetics the effect of a particular gene on the phenotype exˈpressional adj exˈpressionless adj exˈpressionlessly adv

ex•pres•sion

(ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən)

n. 1. the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of opinions. 2. a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions. 3. the manner or form in which a thing is expressed: delicacy of expression. 4. the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression. 5. outward indication of feeling or character. 6. a facial look or vocal intonation expressing personal feeling. 7. the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.: a face that lacks expression. 8. the act of expressing or representing, as by symbols. 9. a mathematical symbol or combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like. 10. the act or product of pressing out. 11. a. the action of a gene in the production of a protein or a phenotype. b. expressivity (def. 2). [1425–75; late Middle English < Latin] ex•pres′sion•al, adj. ex•pres′sion•less, adj. ex•pres′sion•less•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expression - the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"look, face, facial expression, aspectcountenance, visage - the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"leer - a suggestive or sneering look or grinsparkle, twinkle, spark, light - merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
	2.	expression - expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"reflexion, reflection, manifestationlamentation, mourning - the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing griefdemo, demonstration - a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"act - a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit"ebullition, effusion, outburst, blowup, gush - an unrestrained expression of emotion
	3.	expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"verbal expression, verbalismcommunicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"articulation, voice - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"cold turkey - a blunt expression of views; "I told him cold turkey"felicitation, congratulation - (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
	4.	expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"locution, sayingBeatitude - one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"logion - a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospelscalque, calque formation, loan translation - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"advice and consent - a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-makingambiguity - an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its contexteuphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harshdysphemism - an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter"shucks - an expression of disappointment or irritationspeech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"tongue twister - an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly; "`rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister"anatomical, anatomical reference - an expression that relates to anatomysouthernism - a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United Statescatchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan - a favorite saying of a sect or political groupaxiom, maxim - a saying that is widely accepted on its own meritsepigram, quip - a witty sayingadage, byword, proverb, saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many peopleidiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase, idiom - an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it upagrapha - sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospelssumpsimus - a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression; "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"
	5.	expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"formulationsentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any formexpressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"honorific - an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionboilerplate - standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news storiescolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechidiom, parlance - a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a languageAmericanism - an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by AmericansAnglicism, Briticism, Britishism - an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)choice of words, phraseology, wording, phrasing, verbiage, diction - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
	6.	expression - a group of symbols that make a mathematical statementformulamath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementsentential function - formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constantsprimitive - a mathematical expression from which another expression is derivedmathematical statement - a statement of a mathematical relationexponential expression - a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power
	7.	expression - (genetics) the process of expressing a genegenetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organismsbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
	8.	expression - a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"grammatical construction, constructionadjunct - a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentencegrammatical constituent, constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical constructionclause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentencecomplement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical constructioninvolution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical constructionphrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentencepredicator - an expression that predicates
	9.	expression - the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"squeeze, squeezing - the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"

expression

noun1. statement, declaration, announcement, communication, mention, assertion, utterance, articulation, pronouncement, enunciation, verbalization, asseveration From Cairo came expressions of regret at the attack.2. indication, demonstration, exhibition, display, showing, show, sign, symbol, representation, token, manifestation, embodiment We attended as an expression of solidarity.3. look, countenance, face, air, appearance, aspect, mien (literary) He sat there with a sad expression on his face.4. intonation, style, delivery, phrasing, emphasis, execution, diction She puts a lot of expression into her playing.5. phrase, saying, word, wording, term, language, speech, remark, maxim, idiom, adage, choice of words, turn of phrase, phraseology, locution, set phrase He uses some remarkably coarse expressions.

expression

noun1. The act or an instance of expressing in words:articulation, statement, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, voice.2. Vivid, effective, or persuasive communication in speech or artistic performance:articulacy, articulateness, eloquence, eloquentness, expressiveness, expressivity, facundity.3. The act or process of describing in lifelike imagery:delineation, depiction, description, portrayal, representation.4. Something that takes the place of words in communicating a thought or feeling:gesture, indication, sign, token.5. A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning:locution, term, word.6. A word or group of words forming a unit and conveying meaning:locution, phrase.7. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:aspect, cast, countenance, face, look, visage.

Translations

表情表达词句感情

express

(ikˈspres) verb1. to put into words. He expressed his ideas very clearly. 表達 表达2. (with oneself etc) to put one's own thoughts into words. You haven't expressed yourself clearly. 表達(思想感情) 表达3. to show (thoughts, feelings etc) by looks, actions etc. She nodded to express her agreement. 表示(思想感情) 表示4. to send by fast (postal) delivery. Will you express this letter, please? 快遞 快递 adjective1. travelling, carrying goods etc, especially fast. an express train; express delivery. 快速的 快速的2. clearly stated. You have disobeyed my express wishes. 明確的 明确的 adverb by express train or fast delivery service. Send your letter express. 以快遞方式 以快递方式 noun1. an express train. the London to Cardiff express. 快車 快车2. the service provided eg by the post office for carrying goods etc quickly. The parcel was sent by express. 快遞(服務) 快递（业务） exˈpressly adverb in clear, definite words. I expressly forbade you to do that. 明確地 明确地exˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a look on one's face that shows one's feelings. He always has a bored expression on his face. 表情 表情2. a word or phrase. `Dough' is a slang expression for `money`. 詞語 词句3. (a) showing of thoughts or feelings by words, actions etc. This poem is an expression of his grief. 表達 表达4. the showing of feeling when eg reciting, reading aloud or playing a musical instrument. Put more expression into your playing! 感情 感情exˈpressionless adjective (of a face or voice) showing no feeling. a cold, expressionless tone. 無表情的，無感情的 无表情的exˈpressive (-siv) adjective showing meaning or feeling clearly. She has an expressive look on her face. 富有表情的，意味深長的 富有表情的exˈpressiveness noun 表情豐富，善於表達 表达性，富有表现力 exˈpressively adverb 表情豐富地 富有表情地exˈpressway noun a divided highway; a motorway. 高速公路 高速公路

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