| 释义 |
scowling, ppl. a.|ˈskaʊlɪŋ|
[f. scowl v. + -ing2.]
That scowls; having a sullen or malignant expression of countenance.
1552Huloet, Skowlyng of countenaunce, superciliosus. 1577Kendall Flowers of Epigr. 15 b, Then euery skowlyng scholemaster would read with harshie voyce Thy verse. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (Sommer) 125 But Miso..came with skowling eyes to deliuer a slauering good morrow to the two Ladies. c1618Moryson Itin. iv. (1903) 290 The Conversation of gentlemen is very Austere, full of scowling gravity. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. 158 Daughters, who surveyed her with scouling, frightened attention. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xviii, Prue had a peculiar scowling expression of countenance. 1871Dixon Tower III. viii. 75 A young man..with sickly face and scowling brow.
b. transf.
1513Douglas æneis vii. xiii. 19 Or on the scharp craggy rochis hie,..Wyth hingand hewis and mony a skowland bra. 1583T. Watson Poems (Arb.) 114 What scowling cloudes haue ouercast the skie. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1124 In rueful gaze The cattle stand, and on the scowling heavens Cast a deploring eye. 1872Blackie Lays Highl. 2 Wilt thou change the smiling Erin For the scowling Pictish skies?
Hence ˈscowlingly adv., with a scowling face.
1755in Johnson. 1838Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 32 The..beldame..scowlingly opened the door. |