frown

简明英汉词典

frown

[fraun]

vi.

皱眉, 蹙额, 不赞成, 反对

v.

皱眉

美国传统词典[双解]

frown

frown

AHD:[froun]

D.J.[fraun]

K.K.[fra&n]

v.（动词）

frowned， frown.ing， frowns

v.intr.（不及物动词）

(1)To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure.

皱眉：沉思或不高兴时皱起眉毛

(2)To regard something with disapproval or distaste:

不同意或不欣赏某事：

frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.

不同意食物里放这么多盐

v.tr.（及物动词）

To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow.

通过皱眉表示（不赞成）

n.（名词）

A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl.

皱眉：深思或不高兴时皱眉的样子；皱眉

语源

(1)Middle English frounen

中古英语 frounen

(2)from Old French froigner [to turn up one's nose]

源自 古法语 froigner [皱起某人的鼻子]

(3)from frogne [grimace]

源自 frogne [鬼脸]

(4)[of Celtic origin]

[源自凯尔特语]

继承用法

frown“er

n.（名词）

frown“ingly

adv.（副词）

参考词汇

(1)frown， glower， lower， scowl

(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to contract the brows in displeasure”:

这些动词共有的中心意思是“不高兴地皱起眉”：

frowns when he is annoyed;

他生气时皱眉；

glowered sullenly at being interrupted;

由于被打断突然皱起眉；

lowering at the rambunctious child;

对不听话的孩子皱眉头；

scowled at me when I came home late.

当我回家晚时对我皱眉头

注释

Caesar's division of Gaul into three parts used to be known by every child who learned Latin, but perhaps even classically trained schoolchildren did not always realize that in spite of the conquest of Gaul by the Romans, some Gaulish elements lived on, such as our word frown. This word is descended from Gaulish, a Celtic language that is related to Welsh and Irish. Frown, first recorded in Middle English in a work composed around 1395, came from Old French froigner, which meant “to turn up one's nose.” The Old French word was derived from frogne, “grimace,” which in turn came from the hypothetical Gaulish word .frogna, “nose,” which is related to Welsh ffroen, “nose,” and Old Irish sr?, “nose.”

每一个学拉丁文的孩子都知道凯撒三分高卢，但如果不是罗马人征服高卢，高卢语中许多东西至今依然存在，例如frown ，恐怕即使在学校里按传统方式教育的孩子都不可能知道这一点了。 此词来自高卢语，一种与威尔士语和爱尔兰语有关的凯尔特语。Frown， 首先见于中世纪一本约1359年的英语书，来自古法语froigner， 意为“皱起某人的鼻子”。 古法语词则源自frogne， “鬼脸，” 源自臆测的高卢词·frogna， 意为“鼻子”， 与威尔士语ffroen， “鼻子”和与古爱尔兰语 sron 意为“鼻子”有关

现代英汉词典

frown

[fraJn]

vi.

(1)皱眉；皱眉表示不悦

He frowned as he tried to work out the sum.

当他试图算出总数的时候他皱起了眉头。

The teacher frowned angrily at the noisy class.

老师生气地对那班吵吵嚷嚷的学生皱起眉头。

(2)（某物从下看时）显得凶恶，显得险恶

The mountains frown down on the plain.

在平地上看，群山突兀。

词性变化

frown

n.

(1)皱眉，蹙额

(2)额头皱纹

现代英汉综合大辞典

frown

[fraun]

vi.

皱眉, 蹙额; 不悦, 不赞成 (at, on, upon)

Don't frown at me like that.

不要那样对我皱眉(不高兴)。

词性变化

frown

[fraun]

vt.

用皱眉头对...表示不满或不喜欢

frown sb. into silence

皱眉使某人闭嘴

frown one's displeasure

皱眉表示不满

frown

[fraun]

n.

皱眉[纹], 蹙额

a deep frown

深深的皱纹

继承用法

frowner

n.

frowningly

adv.

习惯用语

frown down

用皱眉蹙额压制住(反对者等使不敢讲话)

frown on

不赞成, 不以为然

frown upon

不赞成, 不以为然

参考词汇

frown scowl

都含“皱眉”、“蹙额”(表示不满)的意思。

(1)frown指“双眉紧锁”, 有时因注视某物或用心思考, 但主要是因不悦所致, 如:

The mother frowned when her son failed in his exam.

儿子考试不及格时, 母亲皱着眉。

(2)scowl指“发脾气或不满意时表现出的‘皱眉’”, 表示“愁眉不展”, 同时还板着脸、怒视, 如:

The teacher scowled at his noisy class.

老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸 。

smile

用法词典

frown

源自古法语frognier