visage
visage 英 ['vɪzɪdʒ] 美 [ˈvɪzɪdʒ]
n. 面貌，容貌；外表
名词复数:visages
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- n. 面貌，容貌；外表
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1. No wonder Roosevelt’s visage is carved into Mount Rushmore alongside those of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
罗斯福的头像能和华盛顿、杰斐逊、林肯在总统山并肩而立，也不足为奇。
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2. My heart went pit-a-pat as I entered the great Pandit's study, packed full of books; nor did his austere visage assist in reviving my courage.
我走进这位大学者的堆满书籍的书房时，我的心卜卜地跳得厉害；他那静肃的容貌也无助于我胆量的重振。
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3. The eagle was chosen because it was a symbol of the U.S., but the designers felt he had to appeal to children, so the eagle's stern visage was transformed into a cuddly, patriotic eagle.
这只鹰之所以被选中是因为它是美国的象征，但设计者认为它必须能吸引孩子们，因此本应具有严峻面容的鹰被转化成了憨态可鞠的爱国之鹰。
- visage (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French and Old French visage "face, coutenance; portrait," from vis "face, appearance," from Latin visus "a look, vision," from past participle stem of videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"). Visagiste "make-up artist" is recorded from 1958, from French.
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