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scowling

/skoul/US // skaʊl //UK // (skaʊl) //

皱着眉头,皱眉头,皱皱巴巴的,皱眉头的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
    • : to have a gloomy or threatening look.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to affect or express with a scowl.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a scowling expression, look, or aspect.

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Examples

  • Gil turned and saw Muhammad Ali stride out of the stage entrance, smiling and scowling at the same time.

  • Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase seemed to be the only banker scowling in the Alps this week.

  • I love the rainy windy days of fall when thousands of crows populate the near landscape, cawing and scowling.

  • "He hovers over the proceedings like a scowling ghost," wrote Luke Harding, a correspondent for the Guardian.

  • It was like the whole world was scowling at her, not just Grandma.

  • William Weedham brought scowling eyes to focus upon Kip Burland.

  • At sight of Marius, who stood arrested, scowling villainously upon the pair, the fire died suddenly from his glance.

  • Presently he drove away, leaving Mr. Bowman on the veranda of the hotel, scowling and uttering words of strength and meaning.

  • He looked up into Blake's flushed and scowling face with the sweetest and most innocent of smiles.

  • He pulled his heavy sweater down off a nail and put it on, scowling because the sleeves had to be pulled in place on his arms.