physiognomy

/fiz-ee-og-nuh-mee, -on-uh-mee/US // ˌfɪz iˈɒg nə mi, -ˈɒn ə mi //UK // (ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmɪ) //

面相学,相术,面相术,相貌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural phys·i·og·no·mies.
- : the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- : Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, especially of the face.
- : the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character: the physiognomy of a nation.

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Forms: physiognomies

Synonyms

The nude of the 19th century was often a tool for anatomical study: an intellectualized and idealized approach to physiognomy.
As George Eliot says: “We get the fonder of our houses if they have a physiognomy of their own, as our friends have.”
His legs are thin, his tail bare, his physiognomy dark, and his skin as black as his hair.
I find, for one thing, she had given much of her physiognomy to the Friedrich now born.
Hollister, however, had not come there to make a study of Mr. Lewis' physiognomy or manner.
One finds in Van Dyck no such expressively nervous physiognomy.