with a lour
lour 作名词时常与 with 连用,表示带着不悦、阴沉的神情。
He answered the question with a lour and said nothing more.
他皱着眉头回答了这个问题,再没多说一句。
皱眉;怒容;阴沉的表情
lours — plural of lour
(天空、天气的)阴沉;昏暗;阴霾;皱眉,怒视;愤怒或阴沉的表情;天空、天气等:阴暗、阴郁和威胁的外观;不悦之色;阴沉
a frown or scowl; an angry or sullen look
指面部表情
皱眉,怒视;愤怒或阴沉的表情
A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look.
天空、天气等:阴暗、阴郁和威胁的外观
Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance.
He gave me a lour when I asked the question again.
当我再次问那个问题时,他对我皱起了眉头。
用法提示:lour 是名词,作 gave 的直接宾语,表示“皱眉、怒容”。
The sky had a dark lour before the storm hit.
暴风雨来临前,天空呈现出阴沉的景象。
用法提示:lour 是名词,表示天气阴沉、仿佛要变天的那种阴暗外观。
She hid her lour behind a polite smile.
她用礼貌的微笑掩饰自己的怒容。
用法提示:lour 是名词,作 hid 的宾语,指脸上的怒容或阴沉表情。
lour 作名词时常与 with 连用,表示带着不悦、阴沉的神情。
He answered the question with a lour and said nothing more.
他皱着眉头回答了这个问题,再没多说一句。
用于天空、天气等,of 后面接被这种阴沉笼罩的事物。
The lour of the sky warned them that a storm was coming.
天空的阴沉预示着暴风雨即将来临。
常用 on one's face 说明不悦的表情出现在谁的脸上。
A sullen lour settled on her face when she heard the news.
听到这个消息,她脸上浮现出愠怒的神情。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had lour on his face when he heard the news.
正确表达He had a lour on his face when he heard the news.
lour 是可数名词,单数形式前需要不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词系统,学习者容易漏掉。加上 a 后,a lour 表示“一副皱眉/怒容”,句子才符合英语可数名词的限定词规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me a lour look.
正确表达He gave me a lour.
lour 在本义中是名词,不能直接放在名词前作形容词修饰 look;汉语中名词可直接修饰名词或形容词无形态变化,易导致误用。改为 a lour 单独作宾语,表示“给了我一个怒容”,词性正确。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was a lour on the sky before the storm.
正确表达There was a lour in the sky before the storm.
表示天空中出现某种景象时,英语用介词 in the sky,而不用 on the sky;这是汉语“在天空上”的直接迁移。改为 in the sky 才符合英语介词搭配。
glower 多作动词,常与 at 连用,强调“带着怒气盯着某人看”这一动作;lour 作名词指“怒容、皱眉的表情”,也可指天空或天气的阴沉,作动词时更常指天色变暗。要表达“瞪着某人”时用 glower,要指“脸上的阴沉表情”或“阴沉的天气”时用 lour。
lure 读 /lʊə/ 或 /ljʊə/,意思是“诱惑、引诱(某人)”或“诱饵”,多为动词或可数名词;lour 读 /ˈlaʊə/,指“怒容”或“阴沉的天空”。两者拼写只差一个字母,但读音和意义都不同,不要因为形近而互换。
dour 是形容词,形容人神情冷峻、阴郁,或形容气氛沉闷;lour 是名词(偶尔作动词),指具体的“怒容、皱眉”或“天空的阴沉”。两者词性不同,是最可靠的分界:需要修饰名词时用 dour,需要指“表情”或“天色”本身时用 lour。
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