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scowl

verb
🔊/skaʊl/
🔊/skaʊl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scowl
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he / she / it scowls
🔊/skaʊlz/
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past simple scowled
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past participle scowled
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-ing form scowling
🔊/ˈskaʊlɪŋ/
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  1. scowl (at somebody/something) to look at somebody/something in an angry or annoyed way怒视（某人或某物） synonym glower
    • The receptionist scowled at me.接待员横眉怒目地看着我。
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    • He scowled at her before stalking out of the room.他瞪了她一眼，而后大步走出房间。
    • His eyes scowled down at her.他瞪双眼怒视着她。
    • She scowled darkly and muttered something under her breath.她阴沉着脸，小声嘟囔着什么。
    • ‘I want a word with you,’ he said, scowling.“我想和你说话。”他皱着眉头说。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • angrily
    • darkly
    • deeply
    • …
    preposition
    • at
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish skule ‘scowl’. The noun dates from the early 16th cent.

scowl

noun
🔊/skaʊl/
🔊/skaʊl/
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  1. an angry look or expression怒容；不悦的神色
    • He looked up at me with a scowl.他脸色阴沉，抬眼看了看我。🔊🔊
    • Her brows drew together in a scowl.她紧锁眉头。
    • His face was set in a permanent scowl.他总是绷着脸。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dark
    • angry
    • permanent
    • …
    verb + scowl
    • wear
    • give (somebody)
    • be set in
    • …
    scowl + verb
    • darken
    • deepen
    preposition
    • in a scowl
    • with a scowl
    phrases
    • have a scowl on your face
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish skule ‘scowl’. The noun dates from the early 16th cent.