Brow
[braʊ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
(n.) The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
(n.) The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
(n.) The general air of the countenance.
(n.) The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
(v. t.) To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
巴贝奇錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Forehead.[2]. Edge (as of a precipice), brink, border.
卡梅拉整理
解釋/意思:
n. the eyebrow: the ridge over the eyes: the forehead: the edge of a hill: a gallery in a coalmine running across the face of the coal: (fig.) aspect appearance.—v.t. Brow′beat to bear down with stern looks or speech: to bully.—adjs. Brow′-bound having the brow bound as with a crown: crowned; Brow′less without shame.
手打:利蒂希娅
例句/造句/用法:
- Hopkins's brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Repentance, replied the man, whose sinister brow gathered clouds as he spoke. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Boultby heard and deliberated with bent brow and protruded under lip. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But no love shines on her brow, Nor breaks she a marriage-vow, Love is colder. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- But further precaution was still due to the sweat of this honest fellow's brow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Why then,' said Mrs Boffin, speaking with her eyes closed, and her left hand thoughtfully touching her brow, 'then, there they are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The matter can be easily remedied, said the brow-beaten doctor; Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The T'other Governor he's always joked his jokes agin me, owing, as I believe, to my being a honest man as gets my living by the sweat of my brow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At the far eastern confine a strange cavalcade strung, in single file, over the brow of a low hill. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- By the splendour of Our Lady's brow! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Not to risk being done out of the sweat of my brow, by any chances, I should wish afore going further to be swore in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- With the sweat of your brow? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The heart's blood must gem with red beads the brow of the combatant, before the wreath of victory rustles over it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- That's a pity, now, Josh, said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He did not even take his cap from his brows. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- His dark brows and all his lines, were finely drawn. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Knots of politicians were assembled with anxious brows and loud or deep voices. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Gerald knitted his brows in momentary irritation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- For he was still reading it with knitted brows. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A bad truth for you, said Defarge, speaking with knitted brows, and looking straight before him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Yes, at some stages, said Lydgate, lifting his brows and smiling, while he began to arrange his microscope. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She knitted her brows. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Shirley raised her brows. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He knitted his brows in sudden exasperation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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