face
noun /feɪs/
/feɪs/
Idioms - enlarge image
脸;面孔 - a pretty/pale/round face
漂亮/苍白/圆圆的脸 - He buried his face in his hands.
他双手掩面。 - to hide/cover your face
遮住脸 - on somebody's face You should have seen the look on her face when I told her!
我告诉她的时候你真该看到她的脸色! - The expression on his face never changed.
他的面部表情总是一成不变。 - in the face She was red in the face with embarrassment.
她尴尬得脸都红了。 - At that time, her face was on the covers of all the magazines.
那时,她的脸出现在所有杂志的封面上。
Topics Bodya1- A face peered around the door at him.
门边有一张脸窥视着他。 - a craggy face with deep-set eyes and bushy brows
一张粗犷的脸,眼睛深陷,眉毛浓密 - The look on his face was priceless.
他脸上的表情很滑稽。 - A look of disgust flickered across his face.
他脸上闪过一丝厌恶。 - From the stage, he looked down at a sea of faces.
他从台上看去,台下一片人海。 - He tilted her face up to his.
他扳起她的脸来对着自己。 - His eyes were sunken in his gaunt face.
他面容憔悴,眼窝深陷。 - The ball hit him in the face.
球打到了他的脸上。 - She slapped him in the face.
她打了他一耳光。 - I like to feel the wind in my face.
我喜欢感觉风吹在脸上。 - She turned her face away.
她把脸转过去。 - The robber made no attempt to hide his face.
强盗没有试图隐藏他的脸。 - He covered his face with his hands.
他以双手掩面。 - Go and wash your face.
去把脸洗一洗。 - What's that mark on your face?
你脸上的那个标记是什么? - She put some powder on her face.
她往脸上擦了些粉。 - She has a beautiful, oval face.
她有着一张漂亮的椭圆脸。 - She had a plump, pretty face.
她有一张丰润俊俏的脸。 - A tall man with a handsome face appeared.
一个长着英俊脸庞的高个子男人出现了。 - The child drew a face with two round eyes and a mouth.
这孩子画了一张有两只圆眼睛和一张嘴巴的脸。 - I lay face up on the grass, staring at the sky.
我面朝上躺在草地上,凝视着天空。 - She had a big smile on her face.
她脸上带着灿烂的笑容。 - Her face was flushed after her run.
她跑完步后满面通红。 - A wry smile crossed his face.
他一脸苦笑。 - Her short hair suited her elfin face.
她留短发适合她那张小巧精致的脸。 - Jack's face flushed with embarrassment.
杰克窘得脸通红。 - Her face and neck looked red.
她的脸和脖子看起来很红。 - She looked at her face in the mirror.
她看着镜子里的自己。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- rear
- North
- …
- face down
- face downwards/downward
- face up
- …
- a pretty/pale/round face
面部表情 - a smiling/happy/sad face
微笑/快乐/悲伤的脸 - Her face lit up (= showed happiness) when she spoke of the past.
她讲到往事时就面露喜色。 - His face fell (= showed disappointment, sadness, etc.) when he read the headlines.
他读大标题时脸沉了下来。 - I could tell by his face it hadn't gone well.
从他的表情我可以看出情况不妙。 - Sue's face was a picture (= she looked very surprised, angry, etc.) as she listened to her husband's speech.
休听她丈夫讲话时,脸上露出又惊又气的表情。
Vocabulary Building Expressions on your faceExpressions on your face面部表情 - To beam is to have a big happy smile on your face.
- To frown is to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead.
- To glare or glower is to look in an angry, aggressive way.
- To grimace is to make an ugly expression with your face to show pain, disgust, etc.
- To scowl is to look at someone in an angry or annoyed way.
- To smirk is to smile in a silly or unpleasant way that shows that you are pleased with yourself, know something that other people do not know, etc.
- To sneer is to show that you have no respect for someone by turning your upper lip upwards.
- She looked up with a puzzled frown.
她抬起头来,困惑地皱着眉头。 - He gave me an icy glare.
他冷冰冰地怒视着我。 - a grimace of pain
痛得扭曲的脸
- His face looked a little confused.
他看上去有点儿困惑。 - He just stood there with a confused face.
他只是一脸困惑地站在那里。 - The father's face softened as he hugged his little boy.
父亲搂着小儿子时脸上的表情也变得温和了。 - Her little face lit up when I gave her the present.
我给她礼物时,她的小脸上焕发出了光彩。 - Her face darkened with anger.
因为生气,她的脸沉了下来。 - Her face broke into a wide smile.
她突然面露笑意,乐得合不拢嘴。 - Her face brightened when she saw me.
她看到我时,脸上露出了喜色。 - A girl with a friendly face opened the door.
一个友好的女孩打开了门。 - Her face paled with fright.
她吓得脸都白了。 - Her face suddenly grew serious.
她的表情突然严肃起来。 - His face cleared and she smiled back.
他面色转晴,她对他报以微笑。 - His face remained impassive, so strong was his self-control.
他依然面无表情,自控能力如此之强。 - Her face was set and hard.
她的脸紧巴巴的。 - His face set in grim lines.
他表情阴沉严峻。 - He searched her face for some clue as to what she meant.
他仔细观察她的表情,想弄明白她的意思。 - You could read her confusion in her face.
你可以从她的脸上看出她的困惑。 - She looked at the honest, open face of her husband.
她看着丈夫真诚、坦率的脸。 - Her face betrayed no emotion at all.
她的脸上没有显露出任何情感。 - She drew a little yellow smiley face.
她画了一个黄色的笑脸符。 - Her face contorted in pain.
她痛得脸都歪了。 - Her face crumpled and she started crying.
她耷拉着脸哭了起来。 - the sight of Sarah's smiling face beaming up at him
萨拉满脸微笑对着他的样子 - I laughed at his funny face.
我嘲笑他滑稽的脸。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animated
- cheerful
- friendly
- …
- make
- pull
- search
- …
- look
- seem
- grow
- …
- on somebody’s face
- a face like thunder
- keep a straight face
- an/the expression on somebody’s face
- …
- a smiling/happy/sad face
) used to refer to a person of the type mentioned构成复合词 (某类型的)人 - She looked around for a familiar face.
她环顾四周想找个熟人。 - He's a fresh face (= somebody new) at the company.
他是公司的新面孔。 - It's nice to see some new faces here this evening.
今晚在这儿见到一些新面孔真是太好了。 - The movie is full of famous faces.
这部电影充满了名人的面孔。 - a well-known face on our television screens
电视屏幕上的一位名人 - I'm tired of seeing the same old faces every time we go out!
我厌倦了每次出门都看到老样子!
- a restaurant where you often see famous faces
一家你经常会看到名人的餐馆 - I'm so bored with seeing the same old faces!
我看到的都是些老面孔,真是烦人! - It's nice to see a friendly face.
看到一张友好的脸真好。 - I recognize a few faces here.
我在这里认出了几张脸。 - We're bringing in a lot of fresh faces.
我们带来了很多新面孔。 - At last—here's a face I know!
终于——这是我认识的一张脸! - They want recognizable faces to promote their products.
他们想要可识别的面孔来推广他们的产品。 - It's a bit disconcerting to wake up and see a strange face.
醒来看到一张陌生的脸,有点不安。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- familiar
- old
- different
- …
- see
- She looked around for a familiar face.
) having the type of face or expression mentioned构成形容词 有…面容的;有…表情的 - pale-faced
面色苍白的 - a freckle-faced boy
满脸雀斑的男孩 - grim-faced
表情严肃的 - a sad-faced woman
一个悲伤的女人
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
- pale-faced
(某物的)面,表面 - the north face of the mountain
山的北坡 - the dark face of the moon
月亮的黑暗面 - A steep path zigzags down the cliff face.
一条陡峭的小路沿着悬崖表面蜿蜒而下。 - We could see tiny figures climbing the rock face.
我们可以看到微小的人影爬上岩石表面。 - Ivy covered the front face of the house.
常春藤覆盖了房子的正面。 - A banner hung across the face of the building.
一面旗帜挂在大楼的正面。 - How many faces does a cube have?
立方体有几个面?
- The birds build their nests in the rock face.
这些鸟在岩壁上筑巢。 - We slowly climbed the steep face of the crag.
我们沿着悬崖峭壁缓慢地往上爬。 - His shot went across the face of the goal.
他的射门越过了球门。 - words chiselled into the face of a stone block
刻在石块表面的字 - Their corporate logo was emblazoned across the face of a skyscraper.
他们的公司标志被装饰在摩天大楼的正面。 - the picture on the rear face of the box
盒子背面的图片 - They made their way slowly down the mountain face.
他们沿着山坡慢慢走下去。 - an octagonal vase with molded decorations on each face
一个八边形花瓶,每个面上都有模制的装饰 - a polyhedron with twelve faces
有十二个面的多面体
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- rear
- North
- …
- face down
- face downwards/downward
- face up
- …
- the north face of the mountain
- enlarge imagethe front part of a clock or watch
钟面;表盘 - a dial like the face of a clock
像钟表表面一样的表盘
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- rear
- North
- …
- face down
- face downwards/downward
- face up
- …
- a dial like the face of a clock
- the particular character of something
(事物的某种)特征 - face of something the changing face of Britain
大不列颠变化中的特征 - This discovery changed the whole face of science.
这一发现改变了科学的整个面貌。 - with a… face bureaucracy with a human face
有人情味的官僚机构
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- acceptable
- unacceptable
- …
- face of something the changing face of Britain
- face of something a particular aspect of something
方面 - Social deprivation is the unacceptable face of capitalism.
社会贫困是资本主义令人不可接受的方面。 - He has become the public face of the company.
他已成为公司的公众形象。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- acceptable
- unacceptable
- …
see also in-your-face, typeface, volte-face - Social deprivation is the unacceptable face of capitalism.
front of head头的正面
expression表情
person人
-faced面容…
side/surface面;表面
front of clock钟面
character/aspect特征;方面
词源Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin facies ‘form, appearance, face’.
Idioms
be staring somebody in the face
- used to describe something that you have failed to see, even though it was obvious and should have been easy to see
明摆着;显而易见 - The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.
答案就在眼前,但我们从未看到,直到为时已晚。
- The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.
- to be certain to happen
必定发生 - Defeat was staring them in the face.
他们必遭失败。
- Defeat was staring them in the face.
be staring something in the face
- to be unable to avoid something
不可避免 - They were staring defeat in the face.
对他们来说,失败不可避免。
- They were staring defeat in the face.
be written all over somebody’s face
- (of a feeling
) to be very obvious to other people from the expression on somebody’s face感情 形之于色;表现得十分明显 - Guilt was written all over his face.
他满脸愧疚。
- Guilt was written all over his face.
blow up in somebody’s face
- if a plan, etc. blows up in your face, it goes badly wrong in a way that causes you damage or makes you feel embarrassed
事情失败,害了自己
cut off your nose to spite your face
- (informal) to do something when you are angry that is meant to harm somebody else but that also harms you
(恼怒之下)伤人害己,损人不利己
disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
- to disappear completely
完全消失;消逝得无影无踪 - Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
继续找,他们不可能就从此消失得无影无踪的。
- Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
do something till you are blue in the face
- (informal) to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success
徒然拼命地干;徒劳无功 - You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
你可以费尽口舌,但改变不了我的主意。
- You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
somebody’s face fits/doesn’t fit
- (British English) used to say that somebody will/will not get a particular job or position because they have/do not have the appearance, personality, etc. that the employer wants, even when this should not be important
长相不合格;性格不合适 - If your face fits, you'll get the job.
如果你的脸合适,你就会得到这份工作。 - It doesn't matter how well qualified you are; if your face doesn't fit, you don't stand a chance.
资历多好也没用,如果人家看你不顺眼,你就不会有机会。
- If your face fits, you'll get the job.
somebody’s face is like thunder | somebody has a face like thunder
- somebody looks very angry
某人怒气冲冲;某人满面怒容 - Mr Hibbs came in with a face like thunder.
希布斯先生面带怒容走了进来。
- Mr Hibbs came in with a face like thunder.
face to face (with somebody)
- close to and looking at somebody
(与某人)面对面 - The two have never met face to face before.
两个人过去从未见过面。 - The room fell silent as she came face to face with the man who had tried to kill her.
当她与试图杀死她的人面对面时,房间里鸦雀无声。
- The two have never met face to face before.
face to face with something
- in a situation where you have to accept that something is true and deal with it
面对某种处境 - She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war.
她年幼时就面临战争的恐怖。
- She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war.
face up/down
- (of a person
) with your face and stomach facing upwards/downwards人 面朝上/朝下 - She lay face down on the bed.
她俯卧在床上。
- She lay face down on the bed.
- with the front part or surface facing upwards/downwards
正面朝上/朝下;表面冲上/冲下 - Place the card face up on the pile.
把纸牌正面朝上放在这一叠的上面。 - She placed the cards face down on the table.
她把牌反扣在桌上。
- Place the card face up on the pile.
fall flat on your face
- to fall so that you are lying on your front
摔趴下 - to fail completely, usually in an embarrassing way
(颜面丢尽地)彻底失败 - His next television venture fell flat on its face.
他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼,彻底失败了。
- His next television venture fell flat on its face.
feed your face
- (informal, usually disapproving) to eat a lot of food or too much food
大吃一顿;吃得过饱
fly in the face of something
- to oppose or be the opposite of something that is usual or expected
悍然不顾;公然违抗;与…相悖 - Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.
这个建议违反常识。
- Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.
have the face to do something
- (British English, informal) to do something that other people think is rude or shows a lack of respect, without feeling embarrassed or ashamed
居然有脸干某事;恬不知耻做某事 - I don't know how you have the face to complain after everything they've done for you!
我不知道他们为你做了这么多,你怎么还有脸抱怨!
- I don't know how you have the face to complain after everything they've done for you!
have/be left with egg on/all over your face
- (informal) to be made to look stupid
使显得愚蠢;出丑;丢脸 - They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
只有十人到场,他们感到很丢面子。
- They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
in somebody’s face
- (informal) annoying somebody by criticizing them or telling them what to do all the time
批评某人,支使某人(使人恼火) - Why are you always in my face?
为什么你总是在我面前?
- Why are you always in my face?
in the face of something
- despite problems, difficulties, etc.
即使面对(问题、困难等) - She showed great courage in the face of danger.
面对危险她表现出了巨大的勇气。 - The campaign continued in the face of great opposition.
尽管遭到强烈反对,竞选活动仍在继续。
- She showed great courage in the face of danger.
- as a result of something
由于;因为 - He was unable to deny the charges in the face of new evidence.
面对新的证据,他无法否认这些指控。
- He was unable to deny the charges in the face of new evidence.
laugh in somebody’s face
- to show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for somebody
当面嘲笑;公然蔑视
laugh on the other side of your face
- (British English, informal) to be forced to change from feeling pleased or satisfied to feeling disappointed or annoyed
转喜为忧;得意变成失意;笑脸变为苦脸 - He’ll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter.
当他看到我的信时,他会笑得前仰后合。
- He’ll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter.
(pull, wear, etc.) a long face
- (to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression
闷闷不乐;哭丧着脸;愁眉苦脸 - He took one look at her long face and said ‘What’s wrong?’
他看了一眼她的长脸,说道:“怎么了? - The news for the company isn't good, judging from the long faces in the boardroom.
从董事会上人们拉长的脸可以看出,对公司来说这不是个好信息。
- He took one look at her long face and said ‘What’s wrong?’
look somebody in the eye(s)/face
- (usually used in negative sentences and questions
) to look straight at somebody without feeling embarrassed or ashamed通常用于否定句和疑问句 (坦然或问心无愧地)直视某人,正视某人 - Can you look me in the eye and tell me you're not lying?
你能问心无愧地看着我说你没撒谎吗? - She looked her father straight in the eye and answered his question truthfully.
她直视着父亲的眼睛,诚实地回答了他的问题。 - I'll never be able to look her in the face again!
我再也不能坦然地面对她了!
- Can you look me in the eye and tell me you're not lying?
lose face
- to be less respected or look stupid because of something you have done
丢脸;失面子 - Many leaders don't want to lose face by admitting failures.
很多领导不想因为承认失败而丢面子。
- Many leaders don't want to lose face by admitting failures.
loss of face
- the state of being less respected by other people or looking stupid because of something you have done
丢脸;失面子 - Failure to pass the exams means a massive loss of face for the students and their parents.
未能通过考试意味着学生及其父母的巨大损失。
- Failure to pass the exams means a massive loss of face for the students and their parents.
not just a pretty face
- (humorous) used to emphasize that you have particular skills or qualities
并非徒有其表;不止脸蛋漂亮 - ‘I didn't know you could play the piano.’ ‘I'm not just a pretty face, you know!’
“我不知道你还会弹钢琴呢。” “我可不止是脸蛋儿漂亮,对吧!”
- ‘I didn't know you could play the piano.’ ‘I'm not just a pretty face, you know!’
on the face of it
- used to say that something seems to be good, true, etc. but that this opinion may need to be changed when you know more about it
表面上看 - On the face of it, it seems like a great deal.
表面上看来好像很多。 - What may, on the face of it, seem obvious often turns out to be far more complicated.
从表面上看,显而易见的事情往往要复杂得多。
- On the face of it, it seems like a great deal.
(as) plain as a pikestaff | (as) plain as day | (as) plain as the nose on your face
- very obvious
一清二楚;一目了然;显而易见
pull/make faces/a face (at somebody)
- to produce an expression on your face to show that you do not like somebody/something or in order to make somebody laugh
(对某人)耷拉着脸,板着脸,做鬼脸 - What are you pulling a face at now?
你干吗板着脸? - Do you think it’s funny to make faces behind my back?
你觉得背着我做鬼脸很好笑吗?
Topics Appearancec2- She made a disgusted face at that and walked away.
她摆出一副厌恶的表情,走开了。 - She made a funny face and gave a snorting sort of laugh.
她做了个鬼脸,扑哧一声笑了。
- What are you pulling a face at now?
put your face on
- (informal) to put on make-up
化妆
put on a brave face | put a brave face on something
- to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not
强装自信快乐;佯装满不在乎 - I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried.
我不得不装出若无其事的样子,在他面前尽量不露出愁容。 - She put a brave face on her illness.
她勇敢地面对自己的疾病。
- I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried.
save (somebody’s) face
- to avoid or help somebody avoid being embarrassed
(使)保全面子 - She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.
她被解雇了,但她爱面子,逢人便说是她辞职了。
- She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.
set your face against somebody/something
- (especially British English) to be determined to oppose somebody/something
坚决反对某人/事物 - Her father had set his face against the marriage.
她的父亲坚决反对这门亲事。
- Her father had set his face against the marriage.
show your face
- to appear among your friends or in public
露面;公开见人 - She stayed at home, afraid to show her face.
她待在家里,不敢露面。
- She stayed at home, afraid to show her face.
shut/slam the door in somebody’s face
- to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in
将某人拒之门外;让某人吃闭门羹 - to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way
拒绝同某人谈话;拒绝见某人
shut your mouth/face!
- (slang) a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking
(粗暴地要某人停止说话)住口,闭嘴
a slap in the face
- an action that seems to be intended as a deliberate way of offending and showing lack of respect for somebody
一记耳光;侮辱;打击 - The closure of the school is a slap in the face to the local community.
学校的关闭对当地社区来说不啻是一个打击。
- The closure of the school is a slap in the face to the local community.
a straight face
- if you keep a straight face, you do not laugh or smile, although you find something funny
see also straight-faced绷着的脸;忍着不笑的脸
to somebody’s face
- if you say something to somebody’s face, you say it to them directly rather than to other people
当着某人的面 - He’s a liar, and I’ve told him so to his face many times.
他是个骗子,我已经当面告诉过他很多次了。
- He’s a liar, and I’ve told him so to his face many times.
what’s his/her face
- (informal) used to refer to a person whose name you cannot remember
(指记不起姓名的人)叫…的人 - Are you still working for what's her face?
你还在为那个叫什么的女人干活?
- Are you still working for what's her face?
wipe somebody/something off the face of the earth | wipe something off the map
- to destroy or remove somebody/something completely
使…从地球上消失;彻底消除