frown是什么意思_frown怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.).

词态变化

第三人称单数 frowns;
过去式 frowned;
过去分词 frowned;
现在分词 frowning;

1. The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.: 笑容消失了，取而代之的是哀伤的蹙眉。

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scowl

frown on 以蹙额或蹙眉而露出不悦之色, 表示不赞成

frown on sth 不赞成某事

frown down 用皱眉蹙额压制住(反对者等使不敢讲话)

frown line phr. 皱眉纹

frown upon 蹙眉而露出不悦之色,表示不赞成

frown sb into silence 皱眉蹙额使某人不敢再作声

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【记法】分解为：fr（肥肉）＋own（自己的），自己身上的肥肉
【联想】谁看到自己身上长满了肥肉都会皱眉头
2. brow => *frow- + n (象形，两边眉毛皱在一起形成挤压的皱纹的样子) => frown.