frown
英 [fraʊn]
美 [fraʊn]
- vi. 皺眉；不同意
- vt. 皺眉，蹙額
- n. 皺眉，蹙額
助記提示
【記法】分解為：fr（肥肉）＋own（自己的），自己身上的肥肉
【聯想】誰看到自己身上長滿了肥肉都會皺眉頭
2. brow => *frow- + n (象形，兩邊眉毛皺在一起形成擠壓的皺紋的樣子) => frown.
中文詞源
frown 皺眉來自古法語frognier, 皺眉，哼鼻子。可能來自擬聲詞，模仿哼鼻子的聲音，表達不滿。引申詞義皺眉。
英文詞源
- frown
- frown: [14] Probably the underlying notion of frowning is ‘snorting’ rather than ‘wrinkling the brows’. It comes from Old French froignier, which meant ‘snort’ as well as ‘frown’. It is assumed to have been adopted into French from a Celtic language of Gaul, and would therefore have been related to Welsh ffroen ‘nostril’.
- frown (v.)
- "contract the brows as an expression of displeasure," late 14c., from Old French frognier "to frown or scowl, snort, turn up one's nose" (preserved in Modern French refrogner), related to froigne "scowling look," probably from Gaulish *frogna "nostril" (compare Welsh ffroen "nose"), with a sense of "snort," or perhaps "haughty grimace." Figurative transitive sense "look with displeasure" is from 1570s. Related: Frowned; frowning.
- frown (n.)
- 1580s, from frown (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
- 笑容消失了，取而代之的是哀傷的蹙眉。
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- 2. There was a deep frown on the boy's face.
- 男孩眉頭緊鎖.
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- 3. Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.
- 比利眉頭微皺。
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- 4. His forehead knotted in a frown.
- 他眉頭緊鎖。
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- 5. A frown formed between her arched brows.
- 她皺起兩道彎眉。
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