visage
/ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈɪzədʒ] /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈɪzədʒ] /ˈvi-zij How to pronounce visage (audio)/ (ame, mw)
visage — 名詞
- visagesingular
- visagesplural
1. someone's face, especially in formal or literary writing
面容
人的臉與神情，常用於正式或文學語境
someone's face, especially in formal or literary writing
The candle lit only half of Femi's tired visage in the doorway.
燭光在門口只照亮了 Femi 疲憊面容的一半。
formal noun for a person's face
The bathroom mirror showed Hiro a pale visage after the night train.
坐完夜車後，浴室鏡子映出 Hiro 蒼白的面容。
collocation: a pale visage
Dust covered the stone king's visage above the old temple gate.
灰塵覆蓋著老廟門上那位石雕國王的面容。
When the doctor opened the curtain, Devika's calm visage eased Ilan's fear.
醫生拉開簾子時，Devika 平靜的面容讓 Ilan 放下心來。
The portrait captured Christopher's stern visage before the court meeting.
那幅肖像畫捕捉了 Christopher 開庭前嚴峻的面容。
- face
the normal everyday word and much more common in speech
- countenance
formal like visage, but often focuses more on visible expression
- features
usually refers to the parts or shape of the face rather than the whole face as a single image
文法句型
a pale / stern / tired visage
show / hide / turn one's visage
用法筆記
Mostly found in formal, literary, or slightly humorous writing rather than everyday conversation. Writers often choose it when they want to focus on a person's facial look or expression in a more dramatic way than the usual word 'face'.