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- expression [ɪk 'sprεʃən] [ɪks 'preʃən]
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1.
noun
表达；表示
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2.
noun
表情，（感情、性格等的）表现
- Laughter is an expression of joy.
- 笑是欢乐的表现。
- 3. noun （有实义的）词（或短语），词句；措词表现法，成语
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4.
noun
脸色；（表达感情等的）语调，声调
- a guizzical expression on the face
- 脸上可笑的神色
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5.
noun
表达方式，腔调（尤指雄辩的语调，富有表情的唱腔）
- to read with expression
- 富于表情地朗读
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6.
noun
（汁、液等的）榨出，压出
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7.
noun
（美术、音乐等中的）描绘，勾画，体现
- 8. noun [mathematics] 式
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9.
noun
用符号、记号、数字等的表示
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10.
noun
[genetics]
表现度
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1.
noun
表达；表示
Collins English-English Dictionary
- expression [ɪk'sprεʃən]
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1.
n
the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words
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2.
n
a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words
- tears are an expression of grief
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3.
n
communication of emotion through music, painting, etc
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4.
n
a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion
- a joyful expression
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5.
n
the choice of words, phrases, syntax, intonation, etc, in communicating
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6.
n
a particular phrase used conventionally to express something
- a dialect expression
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7.
n
the act or process of forcing or squeezing out a liquid
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n
[maths]
a variable, function, or some combination of constants, variables, or functions
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9.
n
[genetics]
the effect of a particular gene on the phenotype
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1.
n
the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words
Examples
- to read with expression
- 富于表情地朗读 → expression
- Laughter is an expression of joy.
- 笑是欢乐的表现。 → expression
- a guizzical expression on the face
- 脸上可笑的神色 → expression
- a hangdog expression
- 羞愧的表情 → hangdog
- a pained expression
- 痛苦的表情 → pained
- a sick expression
- 病容 → sick
- a pianist with good technique but poor expression
- 一个演技好但表情差的钢琴家 → technique
- "Catch cold" is an idiomatic expression.
- “Catch cold”(伤风，感冒)是习惯用语。 → expression
- There was hurt in her facial expression.
- 她脸上有种受伤的表情。 → hurt
- Art has different forms of expression.
- 艺术有多种不同的表现形式。 → form
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