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expressionless

/ik-spresh-uhn/US // ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən //UK // (ɪkˈsprɛʃən) //

无表情,面无表情,没有表情,无表情的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of political opinions.
    • : a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions.
    • : the manner or form in which a thing is expressed in words; wording; phrasing: delicacy of expression.
    • : the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression.
    • : indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice, or in artistic execution: the lyric expression embodied in his poetry.
    • : a look or intonation expressing personal reaction, feeling, etc.: a shocked expression.
    • : the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.: a face that lacks expression; to read with expression.
    • : the act of expressing or representing, as by symbols.
    • : Mathematics. a symbol or a combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like.
    • : Linguistics. the stylistic characteristics of an utterance.
    • : Linguistics. the system of verbal utterances specific to a language.
    • : the act of expressing or pressing out.
    • : Computers. a combination of variables, constants, and functions linked by operation symbols and any required punctuation that describe a rule for calculating a value.
    • : Genetics. the action of a gene in the production of a protein or a phenotype.expressivity.

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Examples

  • So her nouveau is a poignant expression not just of this year’s harvest, but of the year itself.

  • Disembodied heads appear to be literally detached in several photos that simulate decapitation, a chilling visual expression of death.

  • It’s part of a movement to stop reflexively dismissing culture created for and by teenage girls and to instead celebrate that culture as its own form of aesthetic expression.

  • The systems then try to find a correlation between the quantity and quality of these expressions and voting patterns.

  • Now, anticipating a month that could bring about even more unrest, she harbors the same steady focus on the importance of free expression.

  • Zaun sat on the bleachers with distraught looking supporters, his face set expressionless but colored crimson red.

  • At the time Milke entered death row, she was 26 years old,  tall and slender with expressionless blue eyes and permed brown hair.

  • At the defense table, Sandusky stared expressionless at the former cop.

  • One group known as Total Black was particularly ominous, dressed in all black with only their expressionless faces exposed.

  • In photographs, he says, she sports one of those “blank, expressionless faces” that lack variety and emotion.

  • Two expressionless faces, two pairs of unresponsive eyes, met his merry glance.

  • “We will go back to the hotel,” repeated her husband, in his expressionless tones.

  • He gazed into the baby face, which, in its expressionless placidity, almost recalled her mother's tranquil sweetness.

  • Its power was surely unnatural, and, combined with his now expressionless face, made upon her an effect that was painful.

  • Scattergood leaned forward, his round face, with its bulging cheeks, as expressionless as some particularly big and ruddy apple.