frowns

英 [fraʊnz]

美 [fraʊnz]

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 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。
• So we find each other there in Venice, and Linda frowns at our map of the city, turns it upside down, locates our hotel, orients herself and announces with characteristic humility: We are the mayors of this town's ass.
  于是我们在威尼斯碰面，琳达瞪了瞪我们的市区地图，把地图倒过来寻找我们的旅馆位置，确定自己的方位，以特有的谦虚态度宣布：我们是城市屁股的市长。
• Parents unconsciously shape their smiles and frowns to steer their children toward behavior they think will lead to achievement.
  父母无意中用他们的微笑和皱眉作了向导，让孩子往他们认为可以通往成功的行为发展。
• He frowns upon things like that.
  他对那样的事情是皱眉头的。
• The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
  世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也朝你微笑。
• 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。
• She frowns when she's putting thread into a needle.
  她穿针引线时，总是眯眼蹙额。
• Everyone in her family frowns on the marriage.
  她家里的每个人都对这桩婚事不满。
• I know, but George is frowning at me. I can't dance when anyone frowns at me.
  我知道，可是乔治反对我跳舞，我没法跳舞如果有人要反对。