physiognomy
physiognomy 英 [,fɪzɪ'ɒ(g)nəmɪ] 美 ['fɪzɪ'ɑnəmi]
n. [地理] 地貌；外貌；面相；相面术
名词复数:physiognomies
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- n. [地理] 地貌；外貌；面相；相面术
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1. " said she, while her ill-omened physiognomy seemed to cast a shadow over the cheerful newness of the house.
她说，她那不祥的外貌象是给这座住宅的欣欣向荣的气氛投上了一层阴影。
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2. You can also find miles of efflorescent rock physiognomy there, such as stalagmites, stelae, stone sword, and stone pagodas.
同样在这里你还可以找到岩石风化的地貌，如石笋，石柱，石剑和石塔。
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3. His intention was twofold: to see if physiognomy-based prejudices about creditworthiness existed and, if they did, whether they were justified.
他的意图是双重的：想知道以面相为标准有关信用的偏见是否存在，如果存在的话是否合理。
- physiognomy (n.) late 14c., "art of judging characters from facial features," from Old French phizonomie and directly from Late Latin physiognomia, from Greek physiognomia "the judging of a person's nature by his features," from physio- (see physio-) + gnomon (genitive gnomonos) "judge, indicator," from PIE root *gno- "to know." Meaning "face, countenance, features" is from c. 1400. Related: Physiognomical.
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