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词汇 frown
释义 frown
verb[ I ]
uk /fraʊn/ us /fraʊn/
C2
to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard: 皱眉,蹙额
frown atShe frowned at me, clearly annoyed.她皱着眉头看着我,显然是生气了。
He frowned as he read the instructions, as if puzzled.他看说明书时皱着眉头,一副迷惑不解的样子。
Don't frown so - it spoils your pretty face.
Frowning, she started to search in her bag for the lost ticket.
People who frown a lot or have very expressive faces usually develop deep lines as they get older.
What are you frowning about now? What have I done?
The teacher frowned and drew her red pen firmly across the page.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Grimacing and frowning
bitchy resting face
cloud
curl
death stare
evil
eye
eye-roll
eye-rolling
if looks could kill...idiom
knit
knit your brow/browsidiom
look daggers at someoneidiom
pout
purse
roll
scowlingly
screw
scrunch
sneer
witheringly

Phrasal verb


frown on/upon something
frown
noun[ C ]
uk /fraʊn/ us /fraʊn/
an expression in which you bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard:
"Leave me alone!" she said with a frown.
He cocked his head on one side with a slight frown.他把头歪向一边,皱了皱眉。
The boy gave a frown and scratched his head thoughtfully.
The frown on his face showed that he was struggling with a difficult problem.
His brows were drawn together in a deep frown.
Seeing the headmistress's frown, the girl quickly sat down again.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Grimacing and frowning
bitchy resting face
cloud
curl
death stare
evil
eye
eye-roll
eye-rolling
if looks could kill...idiom
knit
knit your brow/browsidiom
look daggers at someoneidiom
pout
purse
roll
scowlingly
screw
scrunch
sneer
witheringly

frown | American Dictionary


frown
verb[ I ]
us/frɑʊn/
to bring your eyebrows together so that lines appear on your face above your eyes, in an expression of anger, disapproval, or worry:
For a moment he had frowned and looked annoyed.

frown


noun[ C ]us/frɑʊn/
Pierre’s mouth tightened with a small frown.

Phrasal verb


frown on something/someone

Examples of frown


frown
It would be hard going for the novice (it certainly had me frowning in some of the geochemical sections).
The municipal authority frowns at this practice even though no alternative sludge treatment is available.
Several birth control clinics, initially frowned upon as neomalthusian, were opened by the end of the decade.
The professor frowned at the technician of the physician who always seemed to be unhappy.
A customer frowned at the assistant of the pharmacist who was looking for a pen.
Pace and mood may be set with smiles, jokes, frowns, exclamations, and volume, rapidity, or intonation of speech.
Remarriage by divorced or widowed women was not frowned upon.
The immorality of instrumental ethnicity was frowned upon as tending to exacerbate social instability.
Unethical practices on the part of private and public sectors while frowned upon were not openly criticised.
Social constructionists frown upon any analysis that tends to probe beneath the surface, any essentialism, because their theory contains a number of contradictory propositions.
Such sartorial romanticism, verging on circus costume or military display, was frowned upon by the smart set.
Also, puzzled facial expressions, frowns and various types of mime and gestures.
In this instance, an infant frown or pout might be followed by a display of maternal annoyance and a critical comment.
The professor frowned at the technicians of the physicist who were wearing glasses.
By the end of the performance, they were reacting, giggling, and frowning with the rest of the audience.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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