英:[fraʊn]
美:[fraʊn]
英:[fraʊn]
美:[fraʊn]
复数:frowns
第三人称单数:frowns
现在分词:frowning
过去式:frowned
过去分词:frowned
frowning (adj.), frowningly (adv.), frowner (n.)
verb
intransitive verb
to contract the brow in displeasure or concentration
frowned in anger
to give evidence of displeasure or disapproval by or as if by facial expression
critics frown on the idea
transitive verb
to show displeasure with or disapproval of especially by facial expression
I will be neither frowned nor ridiculed into error—Noah Webster
noun
an expression of displeasure
a wrinkling of the brow in displeasure or concentration
frown on不悦,不满
frown at对…感到生气不满;对…皱眉
frown upon不悦;皱眉;不赞成
"皱眉表示不满的动作",14世纪晚期,源自古法语 frognier "皱眉或怒视,哼声,翘起鼻子"(现代法语 refrogner 中保留),与 froigne "怒视的表情"相关,可能源自高卢语 *frogna "鼻孔"(类似于威尔士语 ffroen "鼻子"),带有"哼声"或"傲慢的鬼脸"的意思。比喻的及物动词意思"不悦地看"源于1570年代。相关词汇: Frowned; frowning。
Verb and Noun Middle English frounen, from Middle French frogner to snort, frown, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh ffroen nostril, Old Irish srón nose
The first known use of frown was in the 14th century
frown1 of 2verb
to wrinkle the forehead (as in anger or thought)
to show displeasure or disapproval by or as if by facial expression
frowns on rudeness
frown2 of 2noun
an expression of displeasure
a wrinkling of the brow in displeasure or thought
frown1 of 2verb
to wrinkle the forehead (as in anger or thought)
to show displeasure or disapproval by or as if by facial expression
frowns on rudeness
frown2 of 2noun
an expression of displeasure
a wrinkling of the brow in displeasure or thought
1 He saw Maester Luwin on his balcony, studying the sky through a polished bronze tube and frowning as he made notes in a book.
2 A dish of bean curd made him frowned.
一块豆腐的浅尝让他皱眉,“怎么?”
3 Harriet looked at her mother, frowning, wondering how in the world she was going to make the trip North with her.
4 If he could frown, he would.
如果可以皱眉,他可以那样做。
5 Maybe she masked it like David did, not with a grin, but with a frown.
6 And Dukakis, by the very way he looked and acted, embodied every bad stereotype of a liberal—brooding, clenched, frowning, swarthy, hairy, a man who came across as one gigantic, furrowed eyebrow.
7 The fifth scythe, a short man with an odd frown about him, stood and read from a sheet of parchment that could have been hundreds of years old.
8 Dimple stared at the back of her head, frowning.
9 He had permanent frown lines between his eyes, and he was taller even than my father.
10 When I don’t move, she taps her watch and frowns.
11 I frowned and sat up, curious in spite of myself.
12 He could see traces of dirt on her hands, and he frowned.
13 I frowned as my thoughts tumbled and multiplied.
14 He bribed ship captains and constables, rowed shivering pregnant women across rivers in leaky skiffs, and delivered judges’ release orders to frowning deputies.
15 He frowned as his eyes fell on Scipio.
16 A few base children who have not yet gone home stand there now watching us with frowning faces.
17 Theodore Bernstein, The Careful Writer: “There is nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive... except that eighteenth- and nineteenth- century grammarians, for one reason or another, frowned on it.”
18 He’s frowning up at my window, but I’m sure he can’t see me.
19 You frown at me, and I feel the chance to tell you about my parents slipping away.
20 I looked to Lynn for agreement, but she frowned at me.
2 不悦
4 皱眉
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5 表示不悦
6 不赞同