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frown AHD[froun] D.J.[fraʊn]K.K.[fraʊn]v.（动词）frowned, frown.ing, frowns v.intr.（不及物动词）- To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure.皱眉：沉思或不高兴时皱起眉毛
- To regard something with disapproval or distaste:不同意或不欣赏某事：frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.不同意食物里放这么多盐
v.tr.（及物动词）- To express (disapproval, for example) by wrinkling the brow.通过皱眉表示（不赞成）
n.（名词）- A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure; a scowl.皱眉：深思或不高兴时皱眉的样子；皱眉
- Middle English frounen 中古英语 frounen
- from Old French froigner [to turn up one's nose] 源自 古法语 froigner [皱起某人的鼻子]
- from frogne [grimace] 源自 frogne [鬼脸]
- [of Celtic origin] [源自凯尔特语]
frownʹer n.（名词）frownʹingly adv.（副词）frown, glower, lower, scowl- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to contract the brows in displeasure": 这些动词共有的中心意思是“不高兴地皱起眉”： frowns when he is annoyed;他生气时皱眉；glowered sullenly at being interrupted;由于被打断突然皱起眉；lowering at the rambunctious child;对不听话的孩子皱眉头；scowled at me when I came home late. 当我回家晚时对我皱眉头
注释- Caesar's division of Gaul into three parts used to be known by every child who learned Latin,but perhaps even classically trained schoolchildren did not always realize that in spite of the conquest of Gaul by the Romans, some Gaulish elements lived on, such as our wordfrown. This word is descended from Gaulish, a Celtic language that is related to Welsh and Irish. Frown, first recorded in Middle English in a work composed around 1395,came from Old Frenchfroigner, which meant "to turn up one's nose.” The Old French word was derived fromfrogne, "grimace,” which in turn came from the hypothetical Gaulish word.frogna, "nose,” which is related to Welshffroen, "nose,” and Old Irish srōn, "nose.” 每一个学拉丁文的孩子都知道凯撒三分高卢，但如果不是罗马人征服高卢，高卢语中许多东西至今依然存在，例如frown ，恐怕即使在学校里按传统方式教育的孩子都不可能知道这一点了。 此词来自高卢语，一种与威尔士语和爱尔兰语有关的凯尔特语。 Frown， 首先见于中世纪一本约1359年的英语书，来自古法语froigner， 意为“皱起某人的鼻子”。 古法语词则源自frogne， “鬼脸，” 源自臆测的高卢词·frogna， 意为“鼻子”， 与威尔士语ffroen， “鼻子”和与古爱尔兰语 sron 意为“鼻子”有关
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