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brow

noun
🔊/braʊ/
🔊/braʊ/
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  1. (literary) the part of the face above the eyes and below the hair额头 synonym forehead
    • The nurse mopped his fevered brow.护士擦拭了他发烫的前额。🔊🔊
    • Her brow furrowed in concentration.她眉头紧锁全神贯注。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He stared at the visitors beneath a furrowed brow.他满额皱纹下的一双眼睛盯视着来客。
    • His brow darkened in anger.他生气地沉下脸来。
    • His brow furrowed as he racked his brains over the question.他苦苦思考这个问题时，眉头皱了起来。
    • His hair fell over his brow as he turned his head.他转头时头发覆到了额头上。
    • His shaggy grey hair fell loosely across his brow.他凌乱的白发蓬松地搭在额头。
    • She brushed back a stray lock of hair from her brow.她将一绺散落的头发从额头梳到后面。
    • She wrinkled her brow thoughtfully.她若有所思地皱起了眉头。
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • broad
    • wide
    • furrowed
    • …
    verb + brow
    • mop
    • wipe
    • furrow
    • …
    brow + verb
    • crease
    • furrow
    • wrinkle
    • …
    preposition
    • across your brow
    • from your brow
    • over your brow
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [usually plural]
    (also eyebrow)
    the line of hair above the eye额头
    • One dark brow rose in surprise.一道乌黑的眉毛惊奇地挑起。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • His brows drew together in a worried frown when he heard the remark.听到这话，他眉头紧锁。
    • His brows snapped together ferociously when he heard the remark.听到这话时他的眉毛愤怒地皱了起来。
    • She arched a brow when she saw the bill.看到账单时，她扬起了眉毛。
    • She raised a sardonic brow.她嘲讽地竖起了眉毛。
    Topics Appearancec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dark
    • heavy
    • bushy
    • …
    verb + brow
    • arch
    • lift
    • raise
    • …
    brow + verb
    • lift
    • rise
    • twitch
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [usually singular] the top part of a hill山脊；坡顶
    • The path disappeared over the brow of the hill.小径过山顶后消失了。🔊🔊
    Topics Geographyc2
    4. see also highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow
    Word OriginOld English brū ‘eyelash, eyebrow’, of Germanic origin. Current senses arose in Middle English; compare with brae.
Idioms
knit your brow(s)
  1. to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. 皱眉（表示沉思、恼怒等）synonym frown
    • His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.他的眉毛被永久皱了皱眉。
    • She knitted her brows in concentration.她集中了双眉。