guise
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
— 1924, Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Aristotle. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5. dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
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Deliberate misspelling of guys.
— Sup guise? — What's up, guys?
- An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
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A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.
— Under the guise of patriotism
动词 v.
- To dress.
- To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
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词源
From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.
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