frown [fraun]

vi.

皺眉, 蹙額;

不悅, 不贊成 (at, on, upon)

【常用短語】

frown down 用皺眉蹙額壓制住(反對者等使不敢講話)

frown on 不贊成, 不以為然

frown upon 不贊成, 不以為然

frown指“雙眉緊鎖”, 有時因注視某物或用心思考, 但主要是因不悅所致, 如:
The mother frowned when her son failed in his exam.
兒子考試不及格時, 母親皺著眉。

【習慣用語】.

皺眉；皺眉表示不悅

He frowned as he tried to work out the sum.

當他試圖算出總數的時候他皺起了眉頭。

The teacher frowned angrily at the noisy class.

老師生氣地對那班吵吵嚷嚷的學生皺起眉頭。

（某物從下看時）顯得兇惡，顯得險惡

The mountains frown down on the plain.

在平地上看，群山突兀。

【詞性變化】word-activity

n.

皺眉，蹙額

額頭皺紋

She looked at the examination paper with a frown.
她皺著眉頭看試卷。

【背句子記單詞】

Don't frown at me.

別對我皺眉頭。

His forehead knitted into a perplexed frown.

他的額頭皺成一愁眉苦臉。