frowns

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v.  皱眉; 蹙额
frown的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因恼怒、担心、困惑、全神贯注等而)皱眉，蹙额
  When someonefrowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating.
  1. Nancy shook her head, frowning...
     南希摇了摇头，皱着眉头。
  2. He frowned at her anxiously.
     他不安地朝她皱了皱眉。
  3. ...a frowning man.
     皱着眉头的男子
  4. Frownis also a noun.
     
  5. There was a deep frown on the boy's face.
     男孩眉头紧锁。
• PHRASAL VERB 反对;不赞成;不同意
  If somethingis frowned uponoris frowned onpeople disapprove of it.
  1. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful...
     这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
  2. Many teachers frown on such practices.
     许多教师不赞同这样的做法。

双语例句

• The just man frowns, but never smiles with a malicious sneer.
  公正的人蹙起眉头，但从不会有那种恶意的微笑。
• He was frustrated by the frowns of people who had walked past him during the frequent losses in all of his previous races.
  以往的很多比赛，他都没有成功，当人们皱着眉头从他身边走过，他感到无比挫败。
• He runs a tight ship, gathering his 11 employees together every morning for a meeting before dispatching them to clients; he frowns on the long lunches and postprandial naps so popular in state banks.
  他经营下的公司纪律严明，他每天早上召集手下11位员工开会，然后就把他们派去客户那里。国有银行员工盛行花大把时间吃午餐，饭后再小睡片刻，他可不苟同这种作风。
• Sheila's behaviour was attracting disapproving frowns.
  希拉的行为正引起人们的不满，大皱眉头。
• The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too.
  世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。
• Hisui looks beside the bed, notices the untouched glasses, and frowns.
  翡翠向床边看去，注意到了没碰过的眼镜，皱了皱眉。
• I am ready to do so again, without an instant's regard to the frowns or smiles of a court.
  我准备一如既往，不顾朝廷之喜嗔。
• And frowns and smiles and splendours not their own.
  一颦一笑，和不属于自己的灿烂。
• People who had just begun to laugh were now all frowns.
  才得笑了几声的人们现在又都是满脸的愁云。
• What about the way she frowns at me?
  她对我皱眉的方式怎么样？