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

• They all wore puzzled frowns.
  他们都疑惑地皱着眉头。
• 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。
• My father frowns on all but the most conventional of dress.
  除最普通的服装外，我父亲都看不顺眼。
• She frowns when the sun gets in her eyes.
  太阳光照到她眼睛上时她皱起了眉头。
• But it frowns on personal attention-seeking.
  但它不赞成个人英雄主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• She frowns when she's putting thread into a needle.
  她穿针引线时，总是眯眼蹙额。
• Eg: Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.
  财富总是对勇敢的人微笑，对懦弱的人皱眉头。
• Sumner would greet us with frowns and grimaces, doing his best to express wordless disapproval
  萨姆纳会冲我们皱眉，做苦脸，竭力表示他无言的反对。