资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Appearance \Ap*pear"ance\, n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr.
   apparere. See {Appear}.]
   1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of
      becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance
      surprised me.

   2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an
      appearance in the sky.

   3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect;
      mien.

            And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance
            answer loud report.                   --Milton.

   4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl.
      Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a
      particular impression or to determine the judgment as to
      the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state;
      as, appearances are against him.

            There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the
            appearance of fire.                   --Num. ix. 15.

            For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam.
                                                  xvi. 7.

            Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii.
                                                  24.

   5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society,
      a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public
      in a particular character; as, a person makes his
      appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

            Will he now retire, After appearance, and again
            prolong Our expectation?              --Milton.

   6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.]

            There is that which hath no appearance. --Bacon.

   7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the
      being present in court; the coming into court of a party
      summoned in an action, either by himself or by his
      attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper
      officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a
      party proceeded against places himself before the court,
      and submits to its jurisdiction. --Burrill. --Bouvier.
      --Daniell.

   {To put in an appearance}, to be present; to appear in
      person.

   {To save appearances}, to preserve a fair outward show.

   Syn: Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air;
        look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.