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Scowl N Displeasure Affection Skule German Cow Skaul

单词 scowl
音标 [skaul]
解释 n.怒容;v.生气地皱眉,怒视
红宝书 【英】 n. 怒容(a threatening expression showing anger or strong disapproval);v. 生气地皱眉,怒视 ( make a scowl; frown angrily)
【考】 scowl : displeasure / kiss : affection / hurl : disgust(怒容表示不高兴/接 吻表示友爱/愤慨表示 厌恶)
【例】 The receptionist scowled at me.
字源 scowl (v.)
mid-14c., from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian skule "look furtively, squint, look embarrassed," Danish skule "to scowl, cast down the eyes"). Probably related to Old English sceolh "wry, oblique," Old High German scelah "curved," German scheel "squint-eyed;" from PIE root *sqel- "crooked, curved, bent." Related: Scowled; scowling.
scowl (n.)
c.1500, from scowl (v.).
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 皱眉毛(表示愤怒或者反对)
【记】s死, cow母牛, l: 母牛被l弄死了-皱眉头
【类】scowl: displeasure = kiss: affection = 『hurl: disgust』皱眉头表示不高兴 = 接吻表示友爱 = 『愤慨的说表示厌恶』
趣味全助记 【记】死 cow + l 棍子→死牛,不好好干活,拿棍子打牛,因为不高兴皱眉头;sh + cow 踩上牛大便,sh+ 音:靠,靠近大便, 都会不高兴地皱眉头;
【相关】frown 皱眉,中间都有个ow

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