furrow one's brow
collocation皱起眉头（表示专注或担忧）
She furrowed her brow in confusion at the unexpected question.
面对这个意想不到的问题，她困惑地皱起了眉头。
皱（眉）；使起皱纹
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皱（眉）；使起皱纹
to wrinkle; to pull one's brows or eyebrows together (as when concentrating or worrying)
The farmer furrowed the field with his plow.
农夫用犁在田地上犁出沟来。
在(土地等)上切出一道或多道沟
To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
起皱
To wrinkle.
因专注、担忧等皱眉
To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
挖成沟或槽
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
furrow
Base
原形
furrows
3rd person
第三人称单数
furrowing
-ing
现在分词
furrowed
Past
过去式
furrowed
Past participle
过去分词
The farmer furrows the field every spring.
农民每年春天犁地。
He furrowed his brow in confusion.
他困惑地皱起了眉头。
The tractor is furrowing the soil right now.
拖拉机正在犁地。
规则动词，加-ed构成过去式和过去分词。
She furrowed her brow in concentration.
她皱起眉头专注地思考。
AI contextual example
The heavy truck furrowed the muddy road.
重型卡车在泥泞的路上犁出车辙。
AI contextual example
furrow soil
翻耕土壤。
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皱起眉头（表示专注或担忧）
She furrowed her brow in confusion at the unexpected question.
面对这个意想不到的问题，她困惑地皱起了眉头。
犁田；给田地开沟
The tractor furrowed the field in long, straight lines.
拖拉机在田里犁出又长又直的沟。
眉头紧锁；蹙眉
His brows furrowed as he concentrated on the puzzle.
他专心思考谜题时眉头紧锁。
布满深深皱纹的；深深皱起的
Her deeply furrowed forehead showed the strain of years of hard work.
她那布满深深皱纹的额头显示出多年辛苦带来的压力。
皱起眉头
The difficult question made her furrow her brow in concentration.
这个难题让她因专注而皱起眉头。
独自行事；孤军奋战
After years of working alone, she has learned to plow a lonely furrow in the industry.
经过多年的独自工作，她已学会在这个行业里独自行事。
走自己的路；按自己的方式行事
He decided to plow his own furrow rather than follow the family tradition.
他决定走自己的路，而不是遵循家族传统。
和风吹拂，白色浪花飞舞，船后的水痕自由地延伸。
From Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798). Here 'furrow' is the ship's wake in the sea, and the line describes the smooth, hopeful beginning of the voyage before the mariner's misfortunes begin.
出自柯尔律治的《古舟子咏》（1798年）。此处 furrow 指船在海面留下的航迹，这一行描写了水手厄运开始之前那段顺利、充满希望的航行开端。
出发吧，依次坐好，划破那轰鸣的浪沟。
From Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem 'Ulysses' (1842), near the end where Ulysses urges his mariners to set out one last time; the 'sounding furrows' are the resounding waves of the sea.
出自丁尼生的诗《尤利西斯》（1842年），结尾处尤利西斯号召水手们最后一次出海；‘sounding furrows’ 指大海中轰鸣作响的浪涛。
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犁地犁出一道道田沟，皱眉时额头也像犁过一样出现沟纹——furrow既是田沟也是皱眉的皱纹。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、新闻报道 作动词时多用于书面或文学描写，可表示因专注、担忧而皱眉，或使地面出现沟痕。口语中表达“皱眉”也可用 wrinkle 或 frown。
及物和不及物均常见，及物时表示‘犁（地）’或‘使起皱纹’，不及物时表示‘起皱纹’。
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