| 单词 | semblance |
| 释义 | semblance (once / 1083 pages) n Semblance is all about illusion. Cramming all of your dirty clothes into the closet gives the semblance, or false appearance, that you've done your laundry — but the stench might give you away. Semblance comes from the 14th-century French word for "resemble," and it is a noun for things that look one way on the outside but are very different on the inside. A popular combination is to say that a person or place has the "semblance of order," when, underneath, everything is out of control. WORD FAMILYsemblance: semblances USAGE EXAMPLES“This is the semblance of a state, and not a real state.” The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) So don’t expect any semblance of understatement from Ms. Carey for her annual run of holiday shows at the Beacon. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) But as the government advanced this past week, all semblance of order was shattered. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1n an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity Syn|Hypo|Hyper color, colour, gloss color of law, colour of law a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law simulacruman insubstantial or vague semblance face valuethe apparent worth as opposed to the real worth guise, pretence, pretense, pretextan artful or simulated semblance camouflage, disguisean outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something verisimilitudethe appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 2n picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Syn|Hypo|Hyper likeness Identikit, Identikit picture a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought portrait, portrayalany likeness of a person, in any medium half-lengtha portrait showing the body from only the waist up self-portraita portrait of yourself created by yourself icon, ikon, image, picture a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface 3n an erroneous mental representation Syn|Hypo|Hyper illusion apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow something existing in perception only irradiationthe apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background phantom limbthe illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated UFO, flying saucer, unidentified flying objectan (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins Flying Dutchmana phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraitha mental representation of some haunting experience appearance a mental representation |
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