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Expression Frown  Word Origin  Example Bank Angry Worried

Front frown
Back 牛津8

verb, nounBrE /fraʊn/NAmE /fraʊn/verb

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[intransitive, transitive]to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead~ (at sb/sth)What are you frowning at me for? She frowned with concentration.+ speech ‘I don't understand,’ she frowned.ˈfrown on/upon sb/sthto disapprove of sb/sthIn her family, any expression of feeling was frowned upon.noun

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[usually singular]a serious, angry or worried expression on a person's face that causes lines on their foreheadA small frown creased her forehead. She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face. a slight frown of disapproval/concentration, etc.

牛津7双解

柯林斯2008

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