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mien /miːn/ noun [singular] literaryBEHAVE a person’s typical expression or appearance 仪表,神态,风度,样子 her sorrowful mien 她悲伤的神情Examples from the Corpusmien• Parker was a career State Department official, tall, balding, with a cautious, academic mien.• His mien and his manners continually expressed his sense of himself as an important personage.• Endicott grew into a young man with a solemn mien.Origin mien (1500-1600) Probably from demean “to behave” ( → DEMEANOR) (influenced by French mine “appearance”)mien nounChinese Corpus person’s a appearance typical expression or |