Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense frowns, present participle frowning, past tense, past participle frowned
1VERB (因恼怒、担心、困惑、全神贯注等而)皱眉,蹙额 When someone frowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating. (因恼怒、担心、困惑、全神贯注等而)皱眉,蹙额
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FROWN | FROWN + VERB | FROWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, heavy緊皺的眉頭▸➤faint, little, slight, small, tiny輕皺的眉頭;微皺的眉▸➤confused, puzzled, thoughtful, worried茫然的/困惑的/沉思的/憂慮的皺眉➤disapproving表示不贊同而皺眉▸➤angry, fierce怒鎖眉頭VERB + FROWN➤give皺眉◇The boy gave a small frown.小男孩微微皺了一下眉。➤wear皺着眉◇She wore a worried frown.她憂愁地皺着眉頭。➤crease into, form皺起眉頭◇Her face creased into a frown.她一副愁眉苦臉的樣子。➤be drawn together in, draw together in眉頭緊鎖◇His brows drew together in a frown.他眉頭緊鎖。FROWN + VERB➤appear, disappear眉頭皺起;眉頭舒展開▸➤darken, deepen眉皺愈深▸➤grow darker, grow deeper眉皺愈深◇Her frown grew deeper at the memory.她想起這一往事,眉頭皺得更緊了。➤crease sth皺眉使得⋯紋起◇A frown of concern creased her forehead.她因擔心而前額皺了起來。➤mar sth皺着的眉頭破壞了⋯◇A frown marred his handsome features.緊皺的眉頭讓他英俊的面容發生了扭曲。➤cross sth皺着的眉頭顯於⋯◇A frown crossed her brow.她雙眉緊鎖。➤turn into sth皺着的眉變成⋯FROWN + NOUN➤line眉紋PREPOSITION➤with a frown皺起眉▸➤frown of皺眉表示⋯◇a frown of concentration / concern皺起眉頭集中精神;皺眉表示不安PHRASES➤a frown on your face臉上的不悅frown
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤darkly, deeply, heavily眉頭緊鎖;眉頭緊皺▸➤slightly稍皺眉頭➤disapprovingly皺眉表示不同意▸➤impatiently不耐煩地皺眉▸➤thoughtfully皺眉沉思◇She studied the letter, frowning thoughtfully.她仔細地讀了那封信,皺眉陷入了沉思。PREPOSITION➤at朝⋯皺眉◇She turned and frowned at him.她轉過身來朝他皺起了眉。➤in⋯地皺眉◇He looked at the coded message, frowning in concentration.他盯着密碼文,皺起眉頭陷入了沉思。➤with因⋯而皺眉◇He frowned with annoyance.他惱怒地皺起眉頭。
frown ♦︎ scowl ♦︎ grimaceThese words all mean to show what you feel on your face, especially when you are angry or worried.这些词均表示因愤怒或忧虑而面部扭曲。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达表情的强烈程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to frown / scowl / grimace at sb / sth◆to frown / grimace in concentration, anxiety, etc.◆to frown / grimace slightly◆to frown / scowl darkly / heavily■frown [intransitive, transitive] to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear above them皱眉;蹙额◆She studied the map, frowning thoughtfully.她研究着地图,眉头紧锁,若有所思。◆By then the customer was frowning impatiently.到那时顾客已在不耐烦地皱眉了。◆'I see,' he frowned.“我明白了。”他皱着眉头说。OPPsmile ⇨ smile▸frown
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[countable] ◆She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face.她抬头望着,满脸困惑,双眉紧锁。◆a slight frown of disapproval / concentration微皱眉头表示不赞成;全神贯注,微皱着眉头■scowl skaʊl [intransitive] (disapproving) to look at sb with an angry or annoyed look on your face怒视◆She scowled fiercely at them.她凶狠地怒视着他们。OPPgrin ⇨ smile▸scowl
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[countable] ◆He looked up at me with a scowl.他脸色阴沉,抬眼看了看我。■grimacegrɪˈmeɪs, ˈgrɪməs [intransitive] to make an ugly expression that shows pain, disgust or regret(因痛苦、厌恶或后悔)面容扭曲,做出怪相◆He grimaced at the bitter taste of the medicine.他一尝那药的苦味就做了个怪相。◆She grimaced as the needle went in.针扎进去时她痛得龇牙咧嘴。▸grimace
noun
[countable] ◆to make / give a grimace of pain做出/露出痛苦的表情