a person’s face or their expression 面容；脸色；面部表情 her calmly smiling countenance 她平静的笑脸
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
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countenance
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they countenance | |
| he / she / it countenances | |
| past simple countenanced | |
| past participle countenanced | |
| -ing form countenancing |
- countenance something | countenance (somebody) doing something
to support something or agree to something happening 支持；赞成；同意 Oxford Collocations DictionaryCountenance is used with these nouns as the object:- possibility
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
countenance
Facial expressions: a curl of your lip, a light in someone's eyes, countenance...
General words for the face or its features: chops, countenance, face...
To express or give approval: approve, recommend, consent...
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