| 单词 | expression |
| 释义 | expression (once / 53 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n The look on your face — sad, happy, bored, amused — is an expression. Your expression lets people know what you're feeling, unless you're good at hiding your emotions. Expression comes from a Latin word meaning “to press out” and it can still be used this way. If you make fresh orange juice, your juicer helps with the expression of the juice from the fruit. If someone uses art to express their feelings about the world, that's artistic self-expression: something felt inside has been brought out and shared. We also use expression for ways of saying something, like the expression "what's up?" WORD FAMILYexpression: expressionism, expressionless, expressions, self-expression+/express: expressage, expressed, expressedly, expresses, expressible, expressing, expression, expressive, expressly/expressed: unexpressed/expressible: expressibly, inexpressible, unexpressible/expressionism: expressionisms, expressionist, expressionistic, neoexpressionism/expressionist: expressionists/expressionless: expressionlessly/expressive: expressively, expressiveness, inexpressive, unexpressive/inexpressible: inexpressibly/inexpressive: inexpressively/unexpressible: unexpressibly/unexpressive: unexpressively USAGE EXAMPLESWe might wonder at our ability to look past some questionable expressions of character. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Their expressions are shy and calm, yet the picture is haunting. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) Perhaps the Ninth’s greatest paradox is that its expression of elite, individual genius runs parallel to the message of radical inclusivity. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions expressions of good will he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas Syn|Hypo|Hyper verbal expression, verbalism articulation, voice expressing in coherent verbal form cold turkeya blunt expression of views congratulation, felicitation(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another communicating, communication the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information 2n expression without words tears are an expression of grief Syn|Hypo|Hyper manifestation, reflection, reflexion lamentation, mourning the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief acta manifestation of insincerity blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush, outburstan unrestrained expression of emotion acting outa (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult crya fit of weeping explosiona sudden outburst flarea sudden outburst of emotion demo, demonstration a visual presentation showing how something works 3n the style of expressing yourself 2his manner of expression showed how much he cared Syn|Hypo|Hyper formulation sentimentalism the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form honorifican expression of respect archaicism, archaismthe use of an archaic expression boilerplatestandard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech idiom, parlancea manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language Americanisman expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans Anglicism, Briticism, Britishisman expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wordingthe manner in which something is expressed in words glop, mush, slop, treaclewriting or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental mot justethe appropriate word or expression verbalisation, verbalizationthe words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period n a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations 3pardon the expression Syn|Hypo|Hyper locution, saying Beatitude one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed) logiona saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels calque, calque formation, loan translationan expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language advice and consenta legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making ambiguityan expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context euphemisman inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh dysphemisman offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one shucksan expression of disappointment or irritation tongue twisteran expression that is difficult to articulate clearly anatomical, anatomical referencean expression that relates to anatomy southernisma locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogana favorite saying of a sect or political group axiom, maxima saying that is widely accepted on its own merits epigram, quipa witty saying adage, byword, proverb, sawa condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrasean expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up agraphasayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels sumpsimusa correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression bus, heap, jalopya car that is old and unreliable loopholean ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation amphibology, amphibolyan ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes parisologythe use of ambiguous words double entendrean ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate catch phrase, catchphrasea phrase that has become a catchword mantraa commonly repeated word or phrase battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchworda slogan used to rally support for a cause aphorism, apophthegm, apothegma short pithy instructive saying gnomea short pithy saying expressing a general truth moralisma moral maxim ruralism, rusticisma rural idiom or expression old manan informal term for your father language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication (language) communication by word of mouth n the feelings expressed on a person's face 4a sad expression Syn|Hypo|Hyper aspect, face, facial expression, look leer a suggestive or sneering look or grin light, spark, sparkle, twinklemerriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance countenance, visage the appearance conveyed by a person's face 1n a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement Syn|Hypo|Hyper formula sentential function formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants primitivea mathematical expression from which another expression is derived exponential expressiona mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power mathematical statement a statement of a mathematical relation 2n a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit 5Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper construction, grammatical construction misconstruction an ungrammatical constituent adjunct a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence clause(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence complementa word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction involutiona long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction phrasean expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence predicatoran expression that predicates independent clause, main clausea clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence coordinate clausea clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function dependent clause, subordinate clausea clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb relative clausea clause introduced by a relative pronoun parenthetical, parenthetical expressionan expression in parentheses nominal, nominal phrase, noun phrasea phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb predicate, verb phraseone of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements prepositional phrasea phrase beginning with a preposition pronominal, pronominal phrasea phrase that functions as a pronoun responsea phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister catch phrase, catchphrasea phrase that has become a catchword constituent, grammatical constituent (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction n (genetics) the process of expressing a gene 6Hyper biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms n the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing the expression of milk from her breast Hyper squeeze, squeezing the act of gripping and pressing firmly |
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