| 词汇 | brow |
| 释义 | brow noun uk /braʊ/ us /braʊ/ brownoun (FACE)[ usually singular, C ]literary the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes): 额头 She wrinkled her brow as she thought.她思考时皱起眉头。 He would often pause and take off his gold-rimmed glasses to wipe his brow. See also mopyour/someone's brow ekremguduk /iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ C ] an eyebrow(= the line of short hairs above each eye in humans): To define her eyes she brushed shimmery gold shadow from her upper lashes to her brows. Always pluck brows from underneath. "Is that so?" he asked, arching a brow. Sweat glistened on his brow. The children worked on their writing, their brows furrowed in concentration. She had big eyes and dark, full brows. The head & face -cheeked -chinned baby face baby-faced bull neck cheek double chin forehead jaw masseter masseteric mastoid maxilla maxillary T-zone temporal visage wattle weak-chinned zygoma You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: The eye & surrounding area brownoun (HILL)[ S ] the top part of a hill or the edge of something high such as a cliff or rock: 山顶；悬崖边缘；峭壁顶端 the brow of the hill山顶 Synonyms hilltop top(HIGHEST PART) Edges & extremities of objects apex apical apices bevel border bottom cap circumference edge extremity foot line of demarcation palm-fringed perimeter peripherally periphery rim spout tip verge You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geography: hills & mountains brow | American Dictionarybrow noun[ C ] us/brɑʊ/ the forehead (= the face above the eyes): He wiped the sweat from his brow. A brow is also an eyebrow. Examples of browbrow They were unwilling to accept categories of differentiation not based on the sweat of their brows and the common migrant experience. The parents smile kindly before wiping their sweaty brows. By the sweat of his aging brow he had earned the domestic closure frustrated by the sudden death of a daughter. A stoical metronome, she moves only to brush a hand across her brow from time to time. At the brow of the hill the wall is single storey, allowing a modest entrance to the gallery. When all was said and done, jazz retained its low-brow status within the cultural hierarchy, despite its liaison with the avant-garde. Did it mean teaching him or her higher level reading and literacy skills to be able to approach high-brow literature? Although compliments such as these can arouse suspicion among high-brow readers, they are not meant as blurbs for the back cover. Look for tension in the forehead, particularly for furrowing of the brow, as a clue that pain may be present. Legitimating low-brow entertainment with reference to intertexts in high-brow culture was common during this period. He noted that its heavy brow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance, but rejected it as a" missing link" because of its large capacity. A man wipes the fevered brow of his dying lover. Negative expressions included lip corner depress, upper lip raise, chin raise, lip tighten, lip press, lip biting, nose wrinkle, inner brow raise, and lowered brow. After about an hour, all the men were standing in a certain way because it was so hot and the ladies were dabbing their brows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am hoping to put the nimbus of public service upon private enterprise brows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of brow 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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