scowl at someone/something
collocation对某人/某物皱眉
He scowled at the report on his desk.
他对着桌上的报告皱起了眉头。
皱眉;板着脸;露出怒容
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皱眉;板着脸;露出怒容
to wrinkle your face and look angry or severe; to frown angrily
The boss scowled as he entered the meeting room, clearly unhappy with the proposal.
老板走进会议室时皱起了眉头,显然对提案不满意。
皱起眉头,如因皱眉或不悦;露出不悦的表情;显得酸楚、愠怒、严厉或愤怒
To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
显得阴沉、黑暗或威胁;降低
To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
不悦地皱眉
frown with displeasure
以皱眉或怒视看待或击退
To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
scowl
Base
原形
scowls
3rd person
第三人称单数
scowling
-ing
现在分词
scowled
Past
过去式
scowled
Past participle
过去分词
He scowls when he is angry.
他生气时皱眉头。
She scowled at the noisy children.
她对着吵闹的孩子们皱眉头。
Why is he scowling at me?
他为什么对我皱眉头?
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The little boy scowled when his mother asked him to do chores.
当妈妈让他做家务时,小男孩皱起了眉头。
She scowled when she saw the low grade on her report card.
她看到成绩单上的低分时皱起了眉头。
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对某人/某物皱眉
He scowled at the report on his desk.
他对着桌上的报告皱起了眉头。
不悦地皱眉
She scowled with displeasure when her name was misspelled.
当她的名字被拼错时,她不悦地皱起了眉头。
厌恶地皱眉
She scowled in disgust at the dirty kitchen.
她厌恶地对肮脏的厨房皱起了眉头。
脸色阴沉;露出怒容
He sat in the corner scowling darkly.
他坐在角落里,脸色阴沉。
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单词里有 cow(牛),想象牛生气时皱眉瞪眼的样子,记住 scowl=皱眉怒视。
语域:neutral 常见场景:文学叙事、人物表情描写、书面报道 scowl 通常用于书面或叙述性语境,描述人物因生气或不悦而皱眉的神情;日常口语中更常见于 frown 等更通俗的说法。
These words share the /aʊl/ rhyme with 'scowl': owl, howl, growl, prowl, foul. Beware: 'bowl' is spelled like 'scowl' but is pronounced /boʊl/, not /baʊl/.
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