Word · Frequency #13071
scowled
皱眉；板着脸；露出怒容
scowled is the past of scowl.
to wrinkle your face and look angry or severe; to frown angrily
- 1.
To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
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
- 2.
To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
显得阴沉、黑暗或威胁；降低
- 3.
frown with displeasure
不悦地皱眉
- 4.
To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
以皱眉或怒视看待或击退
- 5.
To express by a scowl.
以皱眉表达
（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
In use
The boss scowled as he entered the meeting room, clearly unhappy with the proposal.
The little boy scowled when his mother asked him to do chores.
She scowled when she saw the low grade on her report card.
Verb forms
base scowl · third person scowls · -ing scowling · past scowled · past participle scowled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- scowl at someone/something
- 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。
- scowl with displeasure
- 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。
- scowl in disgust
- 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。
- scowl darkly
- 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。
Synonyms
- frown
- 因生气、困惑或担忧而紧蹙眉头 · 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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