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Eyebrow ˈaɪbraʊ Raise Hair Raised Noun 眉;眉毛 Surprised

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/a͟ɪbraʊ/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]眉;眉毛 Your eyebrows are the lines of hair which grow above your eyes.
  [usu pl]
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    [PHRASE 短语]竖起眉毛(表示吃惊或反对) If something causes you to raise an eyebrow or to raise your eyebrows, it causes you to feel surprised or disapproving.
      [V inflects]
    • An intriguing item on the news pages caused me to raise an eyebrow over my morning coffee...

      早晨喝咖啡时,新闻版面的一则趣闻令我感到惊奇。

    • He raised his eyebrows over some of the suggestions...

      他对其中的一些建议表示反对。

    • He was looking at her with his eyebrows raised questioningly.

      他皱着眉,狐疑地看着她。


    Oxford eye·brow / ˈaɪbraʊ ; NAmE ˈaɪbraʊ / ( also brow ) noun [usually plural ] the line of hair above the eye 眉;眉毛 collocationsat
    physical
    IDIOM be up to your eyebrows in sth to have a lot of sth to deal with 忙于;埋头于;深陷于 He's in it (= trouble)up to his eyebrows. 他深陷于困境之中。 more at
    raise
    v.
    eyebrow eyebrows
    eye·brow / ˈaɪbraʊ ; NAmE ˈaɪbraʊ /
    LDC
    eyebroweye‧brow /ˈaɪbraʊ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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    1eyebrowthe line of hair above your eye:  thick bushy eyebrows2raise your eyebrows to move your eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval:  ‘Really?’ she said, raising her eyebrows. This decision caused a few raised eyebrows (=surprised some people).3be up to your eyebrows in something spoken to have more of something than you can deal with:  I’m absolutely up to my eyebrows in work.
    WDF

    eyebrow

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