appearance
名词 n.
英 /əˈpɪə.ɹəns/
美 /əˈpiɹ.əns/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
— His sudden appearance surprised me.
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A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
— There was a strange appearance in the sky.
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The way something looks; personal presence
— And now am come to ſee of whom ſuch noiſe Hath walk'd about, and each limb to ſurvey, If thy appearance anſwer loud report.
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Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
— Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
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That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
— Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.
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The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
— A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
- An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
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Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
— The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.
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词源
Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).
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