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单词 seeming
释义 seeming
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English seming, from gerund of semen to seem
1.
 a. : the manner of appearing to sight or mind : outward appearance
  < to all seeming his pious gift was irrevocable — Frederick Pollock & F.W.Maitland >
 b. : external appearance as distinguished from true being or character : semblance
  < his combination of honest seeming with devilish actuality — F.R.Leavis >
2. : the form or condition in which a person or thing presents itself : look
 < in the seeming of a rather modest canal — J.B.Cabell & A.J.Hanna >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of seem
: apparent on superficial view or examination : ostensible
 < the geographic fact of the nation's seeming continental security — Reinhold Niebuhr >
Synonyms: see apparent
III. adverb
: seemingly
 < that seeming marble heart — Lord Byron >
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