scowl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 skoul

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
    — She made a scowl.
  2. Old workings of iron ore. UK,dialectal,obsolete,uncountable
  3. Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. broadly
    — Mr. Pynsent, who had asked Miss Amory to dance, came up on one occasion to claim her hand, but scowls of recognition having already passed between him and Mr. Arthur Pendennis in the dancing-room, Arthur suddenly rose up and claimed Miss Amory as his partner for the present dance […]
动词 v.
  1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. intransitive
    — She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce
  2. To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. broadly,intransitive
    — The scowling heavens.
  3. To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. transitive
    — to scowl a rival into submission
  4. To express by a scowl. transitive
    — to scowl defiance

词形变化

scowls plural scowls present,singular,third-person scowling participle,present scowled participle,past scowled past

词汇关系

衍生词
scowlful scowly

词源

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).
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