exterior
Word family nounexteriorityexteriorizationverbexteriorizeadverbexteriorlyadjectiveexterior
ex·te·ri·or1 /ɪkˈstɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 [usually singular]SURFACE the outside of something, especially a building 〔尤指建筑物的〕外部,外观 OPP interiorexterior of the exterior of the factory 这家工厂的外观
The dome is tiled on the exterior. 穹顶表面铺了瓦片。
2 calm/cool etc exterior APPEARANCEbehaviour that seems calm, unfriendly etc but which often hides a different feeling or attitude 表面上镇定/冷漠等 Beneath that calm exterior, he has a fierce will to win. 他表面镇定,其实求胜心切。
calm/cool etc exterior• With her soft voice and her calm exterior, she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.• Beneath his highly cool exterior he was anguished and distraught.• It all added up to the fact that below Silas's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others.• So you see, beneath that calm exterior lies a highly unstable child.• There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior. exterior2 adjectiveadj [usually before noun] 1 OUT/OUTSIDEon the outside of something 外部的;外面的 OPP interior The exterior walls need a new coat of paint. 外墙需要刷新漆了。
3 coming from or relating to facts, situations etc other than the one you are considering 外来的;外界的 information that is exterior to the text itself 来源于文本以外的资料
Origin exterior2 (1500-1600) Latin “more outward”, from exter; → EXTERNAL