(noun.) the appearance conveyed by a person's face; 'a pleasant countenance'; 'a stern visage'.
(noun.) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
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Chloe's countenance fell. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
When others uttered it she changed countenance--I know she did. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
You should do so, Sir,' said Pott, with a severe countenance. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Her countenance expressed the deepest sorrow that is consistent with resignation. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Nothing but concern for Elizabeth could enable Bingley to keep his countenance. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
Mrs. Sowerberry emerged from a little room behind the shop, and presented the form of a short, then, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
She raised her eyes to my face, on being thus addressed, and her fingers plied their work, and she looked at me with an unmoved countenance. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Mrs. Norris, whose attachment seemed to augment with the demerits of her niece, would have had her received at home and countenanced by them all. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
He never said so much to me, it is true; but he always received me very kindly at his house, and openly countenanced my courtship. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Mr. Thesiger has always countenanced him, said Mrs. Hackbutt. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
One or two countenances fell. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic; and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
Never certainly have I seen a plainer confession of guilt upon human countenances. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
Now, in the South we have our poor, but there is not that terrible expression in their countenances of a sullen sense of injustice which I see here. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
Some hours passed thus, while they, by their countenances, expressed joy, the cause of which I did not comprehend. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
The eagerness both of attention and intention, exhibited in all the countenances, made them a most impressive sight. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.