Word · Frequency #3759
frown
皱眉；蹙额
to wrinkle your forehead or lower your eyebrows, usually to show anger, displeasure, or disapproval
- 1.
To have a frown on one's face.
皱眉,面露不悦。
- 2.
To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
表示不悦或反对；以不赞同或威胁的神情看着。
- 3.
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
皱眉,表示愤怒或不赞成
- 4.
To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
以不悦或反对的表情压制或击退；用眼神斥责。
- 5.
To communicate by frowning.
通过皱眉来表达。
皱眉制止；以皱眉斥责；以皱眉示意；用皱眉表达；皱眉,面露不悦。；表示不悦或反对；以不赞同或威胁的神情看着。；皱眉,表示愤怒或不赞成
In use
He frowns whenever he hears a lie.
She frowned at the messy room.
The teacher stood frowning at the noisy students.
Verb forms
base frown · third person frowns · -ing frowning · past frowned · past participle frowned
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- frown at
- 朝……皱眉（表示不悦或反对）
- He frowned at the waiter when the bill arrived.账单送来时，他朝服务员皱起了眉头。
- frown upon
- 不赞成；反对（某事）
- Many employers frown upon wearing casual clothes to an interview.许多雇主不赞成穿便装去面试。
- frown in concentration
- 因专注而皱眉；凝神蹙眉
- She frowned in concentration while reading the map.她看地图时凝神蹙眉。
- frown with disapproval
- 不以为然地皱眉
- The judge frowned with disapproval at the lawyer's argument.法官对律师的论点不以为然地皱起了眉头。
- frown deeply
- 深锁眉头；紧紧地皱起眉头
- He frowned deeply when he heard the news.他听到这个消息时深锁眉头。
- frown slightly
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象“frown”里的“f”像皱起的眉头，读音像“ frown frown frown”，皱眉时脸往下沉，记住它=皱眉。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、literary narrative、formal writing frown 本身是中性词，多用于日常对话和叙述中，指因不悦、反感或思考而皱眉。若要表达“不赞成”或“反对”，可说 frown on/upon，这种用法多出现在正式或书面语境中，语气比较严肃。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -own 结尾，并读 /aʊn/，与 frown /fraʊn/ 押韵：brown、crown、down、town、clown、gown。注意：拼写相似的 known /noʊn/、own /oʊn/、shown /ʃoʊn/ 并不押韵，它们发长音 /oʊn/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.