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mannerisms

/man-uh-riz-uhm/US // ˈmæn əˌrɪz əm //UK // (ˈmænəˌrɪzəm) //

言谈举止,举止,行为举止,态度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
    • : marked or excessive adherence to an unusual or a particular manner, especially if affected: Natural courtesy is a world apart from snobbish mannerism.
    • : a style in the fine arts developed principally in Europe during the 16th century, chiefly characterized by a complex perspectival system, elongation of forms, strained gestures or poses of figures, and intense, often strident color.

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Examples

  • “I was playing him full out, complete with the accent and mannerisms,” Williams says.

  • The implication here is that they adopt the dress and mannerisms of men because they have failed as women.

  • Wardrobe, mannerisms, and intonation are fair game, and Chu certainly has his detractors there.

  • Even so, he was constantly teased and harassed for his appearance and mannerisms, even ostracized.

  • Here, instead of verbalizing her emotions, Winslet oozes dread via her broken-down visage, and slight mannerisms.

  • Then you would permit love to your married pair after they had probed each other's minds and mannerisms for a year or two?

  • Baudelaire has often been accused of studied bizarrerie, of affected and laboured originality, and especially of mannerisms.

  • Old Jeff referred to him as a dude, but the comment applied to mannerisms rather than clothes.

  • They carefully studied the speech and the mannerisms and customs of the Satorians.

  • One question I have to ask, and that is how has Sylvia learnt to imitate so bewilderingly the mannerisms of Michael?