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单词 brow
释义
brow
noun
uk
/braʊ/us
/braʊ/

brownoun(FACE)

[Cusually singular]literary
theforehead(=partof thefaceabove theeyes):
额头
Shewrinkledher brow as shethought.她思考时皱起眉头。
Hepausedat thetopof thehillandmoppedhis brow(=rubbedthesweataway).他在山顶停了会儿，擦去额头上的汗。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The head & face
  • -cheeked
  • -chinned
  • -faced
  • -necked
  • cheekbone
  • chin
  • chiselled
  • dimpled
  • duck face
  • frontal
  • jowl
  • mandible
  • maxillofacial
  • modiolus
  • mug
  • nose
  • nucha
  • nuchal
  • physiognomy
  • weak
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brownoun(HILL)

[S]
thetoppartof ahillor theedgeof something high such as aclifforrock:
山顶；悬崖边缘；峭壁顶端
thebrowof thehill山顶
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Edges & extremities of objects
  • -rimmed
  • apex
  • apical
  • apices
  • bevel
  • border
  • bottom
  • circumference
  • edge
  • extremity
  • foot
  • front
  • palm-fringed
  • perimeter
  • peripheral
  • periphery
  • rim
  • rimless
  • tip
  • vertex
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Geography: hills & mountains
(Definition ofbrowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brow| American Dictionary

brow
noun[C]
us
/brɑʊ/
theforehead(= thefaceabove theeyes):
Hewipedthesweatfrom his brow.
A brow is also aneyebrow.
(Definition ofbrowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrow

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They were unwilling to accept categories of differentiation not based on the sweat of their brows and the common migrant experience.
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The parents smile kindly before wiping their sweaty brows.
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By the sweat of his agingbrowhe had earned the domestic closure frustrated by the sudden death of a daughter.
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A stoical metronome, she moves only to brush a hand across herbrowfrom time to time.
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At thebrowof the hill the wall is single storey, allowing a modest entrance to the gallery.
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When all was said and done, jazz retained its low-browstatus within the cultural hierarchy, despite its liaison with the avant-garde.
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Did it mean teaching him or her higher level reading and literacy skills to be able to approach high-browliterature?
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Although compliments such as these can arouse suspicion among high-browreaders, they are not meant as blurbs for the back cover.
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Look for tension in the forehead, particularly for furrowing of thebrow, as a clue that pain may be present.
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Legitimating low-browentertainment with reference to intertexts in high-browculture was common during this period.
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He noted that its heavybrow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance, but rejected it as a" missing link" because of its large capacity.
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A man wipes the feveredbrowof his dying lover.
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Negative expressions included lip corner depress, upper lip raise, chin raise, lip tighten, lip press, lip biting, nose wrinkle, innerbrowraise, and loweredbrow.
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After about an hour, all the men were standing in a certain way because it was so hot and the ladies were dabbing their brows.
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I am hoping to put the nimbus of public service upon private enterprise brows.
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