lineament

Word family nounlinagelinealitylineamentlinearitylinearizationlineationlinerlininglinebackerline dancingline drawinglinemanline managementline-outline printerlinesmanlineadjectivelineallinearlineatelinedlineolatelinyadverblineallylinearlyverblinearize

lin·e·a·ment /ˈlɪniəmənt/ noun [countableC usually plural] formal

1. CHARACTER OF somethinga feature of your face 容貌；面部轮廓

2. CHARACTER OF somethinga typical quality 特征

Examples from the Corpus

lineament• I recognized those haggard lineaments, those eroded temples.• Imagery of the Lake District has been used to analyse the lineament pattern of the region.• In tracing the lineaments of his own sensibility, he has the key to understanding everyone else.• No longer is it ill defined: it is marked with the lineaments of his character.• The invisible writing, the lineaments of me, which had been there beneath the surface all the time, became manifest.

Origin lineament

(1400-1500) Latin lineamentum, from linea; → LINE1

词汇	lineament
释义	lineament Word family nounlinagelinealitylineamentlinearitylinearizationlineationlinerlininglinebackerline dancingline drawinglinemanline managementline-outline printerlinesmanlineadjectivelineallinearlineatelinedlineolatelinyadverblineallylinearlyverblinearize lin·e·a·ment /ˈlɪniəmənt/ noun [countableC usually plural] formal 1. CHARACTER OF somethinga feature of your face 容貌；面部轮廓 2. CHARACTER OF somethinga typical quality 特征 Examples from the Corpus lineament• I recognized those haggard lineaments, those eroded temples.• Imagery of the Lake District has been used to analyse the lineament pattern of the region.• In tracing the lineaments of his own sensibility, he has the key to understanding everyone else.• No longer is it ill defined: it is marked with the lineaments of his character.• The invisible writing, the lineaments of me, which had been there beneath the surface all the time, became manifest. Origin lineament (1400-1500) Latin lineamentum, from linea; → LINE1
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