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单词 visage
释义 vis·age
\ˈviz]ij, ]ēj sometimes -is\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from vis face (from Latin visus sight, vision, from visus, past participle of vidēre to see) + -age — more at wit
1.
 a. : the front part of the human head
  < black hair … generally, rather handsome visage — Charles Dickens >
 b. : the corresponding part of the head of a lower animal
  < the pebble-smooth visage of a tortoise — Books of the Month >
2.
 a. : a cast of features that express emotion or character : expression of countenance
  < a monstrous little man … with the visage of a thief — Jean Stafford >
  < puts on a smiling visage for the occasion >
 b. : appearance, look, aspect
  < the grimy, gloomy visage of the mining town >
3. : visible surface — used especially of the sun or moon
 < fair moon … stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud — John Milton >
4. obsolete : outward show : semblance
 < others … trimmed in forms and visages of duty keep yet their hearts attending on themselves — Shakespeare >
Synonyms: see face
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