frowning
present participle offrown
| 单词 | frowning |
| 释义 | frowning present 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 Examplesoffrowningfrowning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It would be hard going for the novice (it certainly had mefrowningin some of the geochemical sections). From theCambridge English Corpus Responses consisted of choosing between "good," represented with a smiling face, or "bad," represented with afrowningface. From theCambridge English Corpus By the end of the performance, they were reacting, giggling, andfrowningwith the rest of the audience. From theCambridge English Corpus Negative affect was coded iffrowning, crying, yelling, pouting or explicit facial expressions of anger were present. From theCambridge English Corpus This not only capturesfrowninginstances of a person but also detects the tension in the corrugator supercilii muscle due to thought concentration or increased mental activity. From theCambridge English Corpus They are notfrowningon our reprocessing or on that of other countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is currently not quite a disdain, but afrowningon some campaigning work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no usefrowningand saying that there is no comparison here; there is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I apologise for suggesting that he wasfrowning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was notfrowningabout that, but at the thought that the problem behind this is the absolute shortage of dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of the authoritiesfrowningon them and trying to injure them, they ought to encourage marches and. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notfrowningon people who have had such success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We note that he is merelyfrowning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He isfrowningat me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good hisfrowning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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