frown
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they frown | |
he / she / it frowns | |
past simple frowned | |
past participle frowned | |
-ing form frowning |
to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead 皺眉;蹙額 - frown (at somebody/something)
What are you frowning at me for? 你爲什麽朝我皺眉頭? She frowned with concentration. 她全神貫注地皺起眉頭。 - + speech
‘I don't understand,’ she frowned. “我不懂。” 她皺着眉說。
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1He frowned with annoyance. 他惱怒地皺起眉頭。 He looked at the coded message, frowning in concentration. 他盯着密碼文,皺起眉頭陷入了沉思。 She studied the letter, frowning thoughtfully. 她仔細地讀了那封信,皺眉陷入了沉思。 By then the customer was frowning impatiently. 到那時顧客已在不耐煩地皺眉了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- darkly
- deeply
- heavily
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- at
- in
- with
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French froignier, from froigne ‘surly look’, of Celtic origin.- frown (at somebody/something)