a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin 面容,面相 ■[mass noun]the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics 观相术,相面术;面容诊断 ■the general form or appearance of something (事物的)外貌 the physiognomy of the landscape. 地形外貌。
late Middle English: from Old French phisonomie, via medieval Latin from Greek phusiognōmonia 'judging of a man's nature (by his features'), based on gnōmōn 'a judge, interpreter'