Word · Frequency #13071
scowls
皱眉;板着脸;露出怒容
scowls is the third person singular of scowl.
核心释义
to wrinkle your face and look angry or severe; to frown angrily
- 1.
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.
- 2.
显得阴沉、黑暗或威胁;降低
To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
- 3.
不悦地皱眉
frown with displeasure
- 4.
以皱眉或怒视看待或击退
To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
- 5.
以皱眉表达
To express by a scowl.
(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
用法In use
The boss scowled as he entered the meeting room, clearly unhappy with the proposal.
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.
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.
用法提示:动词scowl的过去式,描述看到坏消息时的反应。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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/.
用法优先级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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