scowl

英 [skaʊl] 美 [skaʊl]

• n. 愁容；皱眉
• v. 皱眉；（天空）变阴沉晦暗

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 不悦之色；怒容

   a threatening expression of the face showing anger or strong disapproval;angry frown

v. (动词)

1. vi. 怒视;生气地皱眉

   make a scowl;frown angrily

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 怒容，怒目
2. 绷着的脸，不悦之色，不高兴的脸，愁眉不展的脸
3. 阴沉沉的样子，就要发生暴风雨的样子
4. 愁容，苦相
5. 皱着眉头的脸
6. 晦暗，阴沉
7. 皱眉，拉长脸

v. 动词

1. 皱眉头，绷脸
2. 皱眉表示，皱眉拒绝
3. 怒视，瞪着眼看
4. 用怒容（对人）把...压下去
5. 用怒容表示
6. 变坏
7. 阴沉起来，像要下雨
8. 愁容满面
9. 沉下脸，显怒容
10. 对…沉下脸
11. 怒视使…

英英释义

Noun:

1. a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

Verb:

1. frown with displeasure

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That scowl he's wearing on his face should tell you so.
   他满脸的愁容告诉你他准备好了。
2. The boss manifested his disgust with a scowl.
   老板皱皱眉表露出厌恶。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The boss manifested his disgust with a scowl.
   老板皱皱眉表露出厌恶。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He wore a permanent scowl on his face.
   他脸上终日带着怒容。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He scowled heavily.
   他紧皱双眉很不高兴。

经典引文

• His frown had lowered to a scowl.

  出自： F. Norris

• This child screwed his face into a scowl of hatred.

  出自： S. Middleton

• Skyswhat a scowl of cloud.

  出自： transf.

• You sit there scowling with a hangdog expression.

  出自： C. Stead

• Herr Professor..scowled at the way I stumbled over every elementary phrase.

  出自： P. Farmer

• I scowled at them. Their voices were way too loud.

  出自： M. Atwood

词义辨析

v. (动词)

scowl, frown, gloom, glower, lower

• 这组词都可表示“现出不高兴的脸色”。它们的区别是:frown通常指皱眉头表示非难、不满、愤怒或轻蔑; scowl指紧绷着脸表示不高兴、伤心或不满; glower指瞪着眼睛怒视; lower既指愁眉不展,也可指天气阴霾; gloom强调比lower更现愁容或更加阴郁。

近反义词

【近义词】

• frown 皱眉
• pout 噘嘴
• glower 怒目而视
• glare 闪耀光
• dirty look 轻蔑的脸色
• black look 怒目相视
• grimace 面部的歪扭
• stare 盯着看
• gloom 黑暗
• mouth 嘴
• resent 恨
• sullen 愠怒的
• look 看
• lower 低的