frown

英 [fra?n] 美[fra?n]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?frowns;過去式:?frowned;過去分詞:?frowned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?frowning;

【記法】分解為：fr（肥肉）＋own（自己的），自己身上的肥肉?
【聯(lián)想】誰看到自己身上長滿了肥肉都會皺眉頭
2. brow => *frow- + n (象形，兩邊眉毛皺在一起形成擠壓的皺紋的樣子) => frown.

frown 皺眉

來自古法語frognier, 皺眉，哼鼻子?？赡軄碜詳M聲詞，模仿哼鼻子的聲音，表達(dá)不滿。引申詞義皺眉。

frown: frown: [14] Probably the underlying notion of frowning is ‘snorting’ rather than ‘wrinkling the brows’. It comes from Old French froignier, which meant ‘snort’ as well as ‘frown’. It is assumed to have been adopted into French from a Celtic language of Gaul, and would therefore have been related to Welsh ffroen ‘nostril’.
frown (v.): "contract the brows as an expression of displeasure," late 14c., from Old French frognier "to frown or scowl, snort, turn up one's nose" (preserved in Modern French refrogner), related to froigne "scowling look," probably from Gaulish *frogna "nostril" (compare Welsh ffroen "nose"), with a sense of "snort," or perhaps "haughty grimace." Figurative transitive sense "look with displeasure" is from 1570s. Related: Frowned; frowning.
frown (n.): 1580s, from frown (v.).

1. The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.: 笑容消失了，取而代之的是哀傷的蹙眉。