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单词 mannerism
释义 man·ner·ism
\ˈmanəˌrizəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: manner (I) + -ism
1.
 a. : exaggerated or affected emulation of or adherence to a particular style or manner : stilted or artificial quality : artificiality, preciosity
  < refined almost to the point of mannerism — Winthrop Sargeant >
  < avoids all tiresome mannerism — Gouverneur Paulding >
  < an almost unrelieved mannerism and melancholy have taken hold of mid-century poetry — Louise Bogan >
 b. often capitalized : an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures
2. : a characteristic mode or peculiarity of action, bearing, or treatment
 < each of us has his own mannerisms in sleeping — Geoffrey Jefferson >
 < free of mannerisms copied from the great — David Sylvester >
 < some of the birds' curious customs and mannerisms — E.A.Armstrong >
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