词汇 | physiognomy |
释义 | physiognomy noun[ U ] formaluk /ˌfɪz.iˈɒn.ə.mi/ us /ˌfɪz.iˈɑː.nə.mi/ the physical appearance of the face相貌,容貌 Synonyms countenanceformal face(HEAD) mug(FACE)informal mainly disapproving visageliterary The head & face -cheeked -chinned baby face baby-faced brow bull neck cheek forehead jaw masseter masseteric mastoid maxilla maxillary T-zone temporal visage wattle weak-chinned zygoma Examples of physiognomyphysiognomy The classification of forests was based on climate, soil and physiognomy, with some account of species composition. In a landscape with the physiognomy of an almost continuous vineyard, a dead channel of wasteland appeared. The regeneration potential thus strongly depends on the physiognomy of the vegetation. A "neutral physiognomy," however, is a public text in visible circulation. The consensual aspect of modern space dees an intellectual praxis that attempts to reveal hidden power structures in the physiognomy of space. For this reason, the "neutral" physiognomy is psychologically productive insofar as it is tactical rather than accidental. Even before emancipation, phrenologists or craniologists had scrutinized skull shapes to gauge intelligence based on the physiognomies of ethnic samples. The different soil types support different kinds of forest, which differ in both physiognomy and floristic composition. There is no doubt that such fires have a tremendous impact on the physiognomy of the vegetation and cause a replacement of community types. Here, physiognomy joins the criteria for defining a nation. They thus tend to accumulate in such periods, in parallel with mutations in other developmental endpoint genes encoding for variations in pelage, color, and physiognomy. They can be distinguished by extensive differences in physiognomy, cultural traditions and social structure. The neutrality of the narrator and author makes it clear that non-signification in physiognomy is a problem of language and linguistic subjectivity. Her sparkling physiognomy was thus that it had to shine beyond. In the third technique, the form and structure of fossil leaves (leaf physiognomy) are examined for clues that may suggest leaf habit. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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