frowned
past simple and past participle offrown
| 单词 | frowned |
| 释义 | frowned past simple and past participle offrown frown verb[I] uk/fraʊn/us/fraʊn/C2 tobringyoureyebrowstogether so that there arelinesonyourfaceaboveyoureyes, often whileturningthecornersofyourmouthdownwards,showingthat you areannoyed,worried,sad, orthinkinghard: She frownedatme,clearlyannoyed. He frowned as hereadtheinstructions, as ifpuzzled.
Grimacing and frowning
Phrasal verbfrown on/uponsomething Examplesoffrownedfrowned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Several birth control clinics, initiallyfrownedupon as neomalthusian, were opened by the end of the decade. From theCambridge English Corpus The professorfrownedat the technician of the physician who always seemed to be unhappy. From theCambridge English Corpus A customerfrownedat the assistant of the pharmacist who was looking for a pen. From theCambridge English Corpus Remarriage by divorced or widowed women was notfrownedupon. From theCambridge English Corpus The immorality of instrumental ethnicity wasfrownedupon as tending to exacerbate social instability. From theCambridge English Corpus Unethical practices on the part of private and public sectors whilefrownedupon were not openly criticised. From theCambridge English Corpus Such sartorial romanticism, verging on circus costume or military display, wasfrownedupon by the smart set. From theCambridge English Corpus The professorfrownedat the technicians of the physicist who were wearing glasses. From theCambridge English Corpus I used localist representations, as they were notfrownedupon at that time. From theCambridge English Corpus Excess consumption, if not portrayed for comic purposes, isfrownedupon. From theCambridge English Corpus As obvious as it may seem, this explication of reasonable doubt has been frequentlyfrownedupon and sometimes explicitly repudiated by appellate courts. From theCambridge English Corpus Any violation of the ptnghuà-only rule of speaking may befrownedupon, but it has never been enforced with harsh punitive measures. From theCambridge English Corpus Functional programmers love referential transparency - the ability to substitute equals for equals - which is why assignments arefrownedupon. From theCambridge English Corpus But as here everything is illegal, andfrownedupon, well we just take our money and spend it as we please. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of widows, since voluntary remarriage wasfrownedupon, abduction was one way out of this dilemma. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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