brow
noun /braʊ/
/braʊ/
Idioms - (literary) the part of the face above the eyes and below the hair
额头 - 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。
Topics Bodyc2- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- furrowed
- …
- mop
- wipe
- furrow
- …
- crease
- furrow
- wrinkle
- …
- across your brow
- from your brow
- over your brow
- …
- The nurse mopped his fevered brow.
- [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。
Topics Appearancec2- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- heavy
- bushy
- …
- arch
- lift
- raise
- …
- lift
- rise
- twitch
- …
- One dark brow rose in surprise.
- [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。
see also highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow - The path disappeared over the brow of the hill.
词源Old English brū ‘eyelash, eyebrow’, of Germanic origin. Current senses arose in Middle English; compare with brae.
Idioms
knit your brow(s)
- to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc.
皱眉（表示沉思、恼怒等） - His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.
他的眉头永远皱在一起。 - She knitted her brows in concentration.
她全神贯注地皱着眉头。
- His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.