Frown
[fraʊn]
解释:
(noun.) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure.
(verb.) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
录入:李莉斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
(v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
(v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
(n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
(n.) Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
弗朗辛校对
同义词及近义词：
v. n. Scowl, look stern.
n. Scowl, stern look.
录入:提托
解释:
v.i. to wrinkle the brow as in anger: to look angry.—v.t. to repel by a frown.—n. a wrinkling or contraction of the brow in displeasure &c.: a stern look.—adj. Frown′ing gloomy.—adv. Frown′ingly.
克里斯整理
例句:
- Sir Percival looked up with a frown and an oath. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- If you would be so kind, said Eunice, vacating her seat at the piano, which action brought a frown to the face of her watchful mother. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- As he took a chair himself, he supplied the link that Mr. Lorry wanted, by saying to him with a frown, Witness at that trial. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- I see it in her cheek, her smile, her vain attempt to frown. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- He first laughed at my words, and then frowned at them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Again he pursed up his lips and frowned a little. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He frowned impatiently. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Mr Dorrit frowned, and looked anything but pleased. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Mr. Pickwick happened to be looking another way at the moment, so her Ladyship nodded her head towards him, and frowned expressively. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Mr. Gradgrind frowned, and waved off the objectionable calling with his hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Sir Percival frowned, stamped angrily on the floor, and walked on into the house, taking no notice of anybody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When they passed a prison of the State, they kept far from its frowning walls, and looked up at its bars, and spoke in whispers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The mulatto maid called Mrs. Lovell Mingott into the hall, and the latter came back in a moment with a frowning brow. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Now, Ben, let me tell the story straight on, as mother told it us, said Letty, frowning. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Drat that boy, interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, what a questioner he is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- How rude you look, pushing and frowning, as if you wanted to conquer with your elbows! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- You could not live in London, I suppose, said Mrs Dengelton, frowning on Eunice, who was talking in a quiet tone to Crispin. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- But though Peggotty's eye wanders, she is much offended if mine does, and frowns to me, as I stand upon the seat, that I am to look at the clergyman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
整理:奥蒂斯