scowl at sb/sth
最常用的搭配;at 后面接被皱眉瞪视的人或物。
He scowled at the waiter and pushed his plate away.
他怒视着服务员,把盘子推开了。
(天色、景色等)变得阴沉;显得可怕;皱眉表示;以怒容表达;怒视;皱眉瞪眼使退却;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;显得阴沉、黑暗或威胁;降低
to wrinkle your face and look angry or severe; to frown angrily
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.
以皱眉表达
To express by a scowl.
一般现在时
He scowls when he is angry.
他生气时皱眉头。
一般过去时
She scowled at the noisy children.
她对着吵闹的孩子们皱眉头。
现在进行时
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 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。
用法提示:动词scowl的过去式,表示因不悦而皱眉。
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。
用法提示:动词scowl的过去式,表达孩子抗拒时的皱眉表情。
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。
用法提示:动词scowl的过去式,描述看到坏消息时的反应。
最常用的搭配;at 后面接被皱眉瞪视的人或物。
He scowled at the waiter and pushed his plate away.
他怒视着服务员,把盘子推开了。
with 引出皱眉时的情绪,常见的有 anger、annoyance、disapproval 等。
She scowled with annoyance when the train was delayed again.
火车又晚点了,她恼怒地皱起了眉头。
作不及物动词,后接 as 或 while 引导的从句或短语,说明皱眉时所做的事。
He scowled while reading the report.
他一边看报告一边皱着眉头。
frown 是通用词,程度较轻,也可因思考或担忧而皱眉;scowl 更强调愤怒和愠怒,表情更强烈。
glower 着重带有怒气或敌意地盯着某人看;scowl 更强调皱眉的怒容本身,不一定要有注视对象。
glare 强调瞪大眼睛、目光凶狠地直视;scowl 则侧重紧锁眉头和面部紧绷的怒容。
grammar · medium
易错句子He scowled me when I interrupted.
正确表达He scowled at me when I interrupted.
scowl 表示“对某人皱眉、怒视”时是不及物动词,要先用介词 at 再接对象;不能像汉语“怒视我”那样直接接宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子She scowled her eyebrows at the loud noise.
正确表达She scowled at the loud noise.
scowl 本身已包含“皱眉”的意思,是不及物动词;不能把 eyebrows/brow 这类身体部位当作它的宾语。表示对某事皱眉,直接用 scowl at sth。
本义为“因不悦而皱眉/露出怒容”;smile 是其最直接的反义词,指因愉快而嘴角上扬,二者均为动词,情绪色彩相反。
grin 指露齿而笑,比 smile 更夸张,与 scowl(愠怒皱眉)在情感色彩上相反;但 grin 有时表示尴尬或傻笑,需按语境辨析。
beam 指满脸笑容、喜形于色,与 scowl(阴沉/威胁的表情)相对;它强调容光焕发,比 smile 更强烈,不能在所有 scowl 的语境中替换。
frown 泛指因不悦、困惑或专注而皱眉,最常见、语气中性,程度可轻可重;scowl 程度更重,强调面带怒容、阴沉不悦,常带敌意,也可形容天色阴沉。
glare 侧重用眼睛长时间地怒视、瞪视,对象通常是人,常与 at 连用;scowl 侧重眉头紧锁、面部表情阴沉,不一定盯着某个对象看。
sneer 表示轻蔑地撇嘴或出言讥笑,含看不起对方的意味,常与 at 连用;scowl 只表示愤怒、不悦的表情,不含鄙视的意思。
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。
不悦的情绪常使人皱起眉头。
皱眉时眉头会紧锁。
愤怒时容易露出怒容。
怒视属于一种面部表情。
不赞成时也会皱起眉头。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.