English-Thai Dictionary
expression
N การแสดงออก ทาง สีหน้า การแสดง ความรู้สึก ทาง สีหน้า สีหน้า facial expression kan-sa-daeng-ook-tang-se-na
expression
N สำนวน sam-nuan
expressionism
N ศิลปะ สมัยเก่า ที่ แสดง ความรู้สึก ที่ ไม่ เน้น ความ เสมือน จริง ลักษณะ การแสดงออก ของ ศิลปกรรม และ วรรณ กรรม
expressionless
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ แสดง ความรู้สึก (ทาง น้ำเสียง หรือ สีหน้า ซึ่ง ไม่ แสดง ความสนใจ (ทาง น้ำเสียง หรือ สีหน้า blank dull impassive sueng-mai-sa-daeng-kwam-ru-suek
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXPRESSION
n.The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure, as juices and oils from plants. 1. The act of uttering, declaring or representing; utterance; declaration; representation; as an expression of the public will.
2. A phrase, or mode of speech; as an old expression; an odd expression.
3. In rhetoric, elocution; diction; the peculiar manner of utterance, suited to the subject and sentiment.
No adequate description can be given of the nameless and ever varying shades of expression which real pathos gives to the voice.
4. In painting, a natural and lively representation of the subject; as the expression of the eye, of the countenance, or of a particular action or passion.
5. In music, the tone, grace or modulation of voice or sound suited to any particular subject; that manner which gives life and reality to ideas and sentiments.
6. Theatrical expression, is a distinct, sonorous and pleasing pronunciation, accompanied with action suited to the subject.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXPRESSION
Ex *pres "sion, n. Etym: [L. expressio. cf. F. expression. ]
1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will. With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy. Prescott.
3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc. ; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression. The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this. M. Arnold.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc. ; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. "The expression of an eye. " Tennyson. It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. Prescott.
5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
6. (Math. )
Defn: The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright. " Milton.
EXPRESSIONAL
EXPRESSIONAL Ex *pres "sion *al, a.
Defn: Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
EXPRESSIONLESS
EXPRESSIONLESS Ex *pres "sion *less, a.
Defn: Destitute of expression.
New American Oxford Dictionary
expression
ex pres sion |ikˈspreSHən ɪkˈsprɛʃən | ▶noun 1 the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings: his views found expression in his moral sermons | she accepted his expressions of sympathy. • the conveying of feeling in the face or voice, in a work of art, or in the performance of a piece of music: eyes empty of expression | their instruments have a rich variety of expression. 2 the look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion: a sad expression. 3 a word or phrase, esp. an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea: nowhere is the expression “garbage in, garbage out ” any truer. • Mathematics a collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity: the expression for the circumference of a circle is 2πr. 4 the production of something, esp. by pressing or squeezing it out: essential oils obtained by distillation or expression. 5 Genetics the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene. • (also gene expression ) the process by which possession of a gene leads to the appearance in the phenotype of the corresponding character. DERIVATIVES ex pres sion al |ekˈspreSHnəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin expressio (n- ), from exprimere ‘press out, express. ’ Compare with express 1 .
expressionism
ex pres sion ism |ikˈspreSHəˌnizəm ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm | ▶noun a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world. Expressionists characteristically reject traditional ideas of beauty or harmony and use distortion, exaggeration, and other nonnaturalistic devices in order to emphasize and express the inner world of emotion. The paintings of El Greco and Grünewald exemplify expressionism in this broad sense, but the term is also used of a late-19th - and 20th -century European and specifically German movement tracing its origins to Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor, which insisted on the primacy of the artist's feelings and mood, often incorporating violence and the grotesque. DERIVATIVES ex pres sion ist noun & adjective, ex pres sion is tic |ikˌspreSHəˈnistik |adjective, ex pres sion is ti cal ly |ikˌspreSHəˈnistik (ə )lē |adverb
expressionless
ex pres sion less |ikˈspreSHənləs ɛkˈsprɛʃənləs | ▶adjective (of a person's face or voice ) not conveying any emotion; unemotional: her face was expressionless. DERIVATIVES ex pres sion less ly adverb, ex pres sion less ness noun
expression mark
ex pres sion mark |ɪkˈsprɛʃən | ▶noun Music a word or phrase on a musical score that indicates the expression required of a performer.
Oxford Dictionary
expression
ex |pres ¦sion |ɪkˈsprɛʃ (ə )n, ɛk- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of making known one's thoughts or feelings: the prisoners developed a dialect as an everyday means of expression | [ count noun ] : she accepted his expressions of sympathy. • the conveying of feeling in a work of art or in the performance of a piece of music. 2 [ count noun ] a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion: a sad expression. 3 [ count noun ] a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea: we have an expression, ‘You don't get owt for nowt. ’. • Mathematics a collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity: the expression for the circumference of a circle is 2πr. 4 the production of something by pressing it out: essential oils obtained by distillation or expression. 5 Genetics the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene. DERIVATIVES expressional adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin expressio (n- ), from exprimere ‘press out, express ’. Compare with express 1 .
expressionism
ex |pres ¦sion |ism |ɪkˈsprɛʃ (ə )nɪz (ə )m, ɛk- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express the inner world of emotion rather than external reality. Expressionists characteristically reject traditional ideas of beauty or harmony and use distortion, exaggeration, and other non-naturalistic devices in order to express emotional states. The paintings of El Greco and Grünewald exemplify expressionism in this broad sense, but the term is also used of a late 19th and 20th century European and specifically German movement tracing its origins to Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor, which insisted on the primacy of the artist's feelings and mood, often incorporating violence and the grotesque. DERIVATIVES expressionist noun & adjective, expressionistic |-ˈnɪstɪk |adjective, expressionistically |-ˈnɪstɪk (ə )li |adverb
expressionless
ex |pres ¦sion |less |ɪkˈsprɛʃ (ə )nlɪs | ▶adjective (of a person's face or voice ) not conveying any emotion; unemotional: her face was expressionless. DERIVATIVES expressionlessly adverb, expressionlessness noun
expression mark
ex |pres ¦sion mark ▶noun Music a word or phrase on a musical score which indicates the expression required of a performer.
American Oxford Thesaurus
expression
expression noun 1 the free expression of opposition views: utterance, uttering, voicing, pronouncement, declaration, articulation, assertion, setting forth; dissemination, circulation, communication, spreading, promulgation. 2 an expression of sympathy: indication, demonstration, show, exhibition, token; communication, illustration, revelation. 3 an expression of harassed fatigue: look, appearance, air, manner, countenance, mien. 4 a timeworn expression: idiom, phrase, idiomatic expression; proverb, saying, adage, maxim, axiom, aphorism, saw, motto, platitude, cliché. 5 these pieces are very different in expression: emotion, feeling, spirit, passion, intensity; style, intonation, tone. 6 essential oils obtained by expression: squeezing, pressing, extraction, extracting.
expressionless
expressionless adjective 1 his face was expressionless: inscrutable, deadpan, poker-faced; blank, vacant, emotionless, unemotional, inexpressive; glazed, stony, wooden, impassive. ANTONYMS expressive. 2 a flat, expressionless tone: dull, dry, toneless, monotonous, boring, tedious, flat, wooden, unmodulated, unvarying, devoid of feeling /emotion. ANTONYMS interesting, lively.
Oxford Thesaurus
expression
expression noun 1 the government refused to allow the free expression of opposition views: utterance, uttering, voicing, pronouncement, declaration, articulation, verbalization, statement, proclamation, assertion, announcement, setting forth, venting, mouthing; dissemination, broadcast, circulation, communication, spreading, promulgation, publicizing, publication; rare asseveration. 2 he raised his eyebrows in an expression of sympathy: indication, intimation, demonstration, show, exhibition, manifestation, token; conveyance, communication, illustration, revelation, disclosure, embodiment. 3 Blanche invariably wore an expression of harassed fatigue: look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, countenance, guise, cast, aspect, impression; formal mien. 4 the old expression ‘curiosity killed the cat ’: idiom, phrase, idiomatic expression, set phrase; proverb, saying, adage, maxim, axiom, aphorism, saw, motto, platitude, cliché, quotation, quote, formula; term, word; informal old chestnut; formal locution. 5 the height of poetic expression: diction, style, choice of words, turn of phrase, wording, phrasing, phraseology, language; delivery, execution; speech, intonation. 6 these pieces are very different from one another, both in choice of instruments and expression: emotion, feeling, passion, intensity, poignancy; style, intonation, tone, nuance; artistry, depth, spirit, imagination; vividness, ardour, power, force. 7 essential oils obtained by distillation or expression: squeezing, pressing, wringing, forcing out, extraction, extracting.
expressionless
expressionless adjective 1 his face was expressionless, giving nothing away: inscrutable, unreadable, deadpan, poker-faced; blank, empty, vacant, emotionless, unemotional, unexpressive, inexpressive; glazed, fixed, lifeless, stony, wooden, impassive, inanimate, unresponsive. ANTONYMS expressive. 2 he spoke in a flat, expressionless tone: dull, dry, toneless, monotonous, drab, boring, tedious, flat, static, wooden, unmodulated, unvarying, undemonstrative, devoid of feeling /emotion; apathetic, unimpassioned, uninspiring, weak. ANTONYMS interesting, lively.
Duden Dictionary
Expression
Ex pres si on Substantiv, feminin , die |Expressi o n |die Expression; Genitiv: der Expression, Plural: die Expressionen lateinisch expressio, Expressionismus 1 bildungssprachlich [gesteigerter ] Ausdruck 2 Genetik Umsetzung eines Gens in ein Protein
Expressionismus
Ex pres si o nis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Expression i smus |der Expressionismus; Genitiv: des Expressionismus zu lateinisch expressio = Ausdruck, zu: exprimere = ausdrücken im Gegensatz zum Impressionismus stehende [Stil ]richtung der Literatur, bildenden Kunst und Musik (besonders im Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ), deren Grundzug der gesteigerte Ausdruck des Geistig-Seelischen ist der literarische, musikalische Expressionismus
Expressionist
Ex pres si o nist Substantiv, maskulin , der |Expression i st |der Expressionist; Genitiv: des Expressionisten, Plural: die Expressionisten Vertreter des Expressionismus
Expressionistin
Ex pres si o nis tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Expression i stin |weibliche Form zu Expressionist
expressionistisch
ex pres si o nis tisch Adjektiv |expression i stisch |den Expressionismus betreffend, vertretend; vom Expressionismus bestimmt der expressionistische Stil | expressionistische Künstler
French Dictionary
expression
expression n. f. nom féminin 1 Action d ’exprimer quelque chose. : L ’expression d ’un regret. 2 Mot ou groupe de mots. : L ’expression latine ex abrupto signifie « brusquement ». LOCUTION Réduire quelque chose à sa plus simple expression. Réduire à l ’essentiel, à l ’élémentaire.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
expression
ex pres sion /ɪkspréʃ (ə )n, eks- /→express 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U (言葉 行動 芸術活動などによる )表現 ; (感情などの )表出, 現れ (!具体例ではan ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ freedom of expression 表現の自由 ▸ an expression of thanks 感謝の表現 ▸ The author gave an artistic expression to her life .その作者は自分の人生を芸術的に表現した ▸ Nancy's feelings have found expression in tears .ナンシーの気持ちは涙となって現れた 2 C 〖抽象的には 不可算 〗(顔の )表情 , 顔つき ▸ facial expressions 顔の表情 ▸ wear a blank expression 無表情である ▸ Mary was standing there with an expression of surprise on her face .メリーは顔に驚きの表情を浮かべてそこに立っていた ▸ Tom's expression suddenly changed when he saw Mary .メリーに会った時トムの表情は突然変わった 3 C 語句 ; 言葉遣い , 言い回し ▸ an idiomatic expression 慣用的な表現 ▸ everyday expressions 日常の言い回し ▸ if you'll pardon [forgive, excuse ] the expression ｟話 ｠こんな言い方をして失礼だが 4 U (演技 歌唱 演奏の )表現力 , 感情の豊かさ ▸ sing [play ] with expression 表現力豊かに歌う [演奏する ]5 C (記号による )表示 ; 〘数 〙式 ; U 〘遺伝 〙(遺伝子の )発現 ▸ a numerical expression 数式 ▸ gene expression 遺伝子の発現 6 U しぼること , 圧搾 (した物 ).
expressionism
ex pr é s sion ì sm 名詞 U 〖時にE -〗(芸術 演劇の )表現派, 表現主義 .
expressionist
ex pr é s sion ist 形容詞 名詞 C 表現派の (人 ), 表現主義の (人 ).ex pr è s sion í s tic 形容詞
expressionless
ex pr é s sion less 形容詞 無表情な .～ly 副詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary