单词 | scowl |
释义 | scowln.1 a. A louring or malevolent look. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > fierce or malevolent look scowl?a1513 glare1667 death stare1818 death glare1819 bad eye1853 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] > active > expressed by a look scowl?a1513 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > a frown or scowl loura1400 scowl?a1513 gloom1596 frown1608 glout1641 dirty look1928 stink eye1962 bitch face1969 a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 59 The air was dirkit with the fowlis, That come..With skryking, skrymming and with scowlis, To tak him in the tyde. 1625 J. Mede Let. 2 July in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 206 I suppose none but a Queene could have cast such a scowl. 1762 R. Lloyd Poems 199 Each letter'd, grave, pedantic dunce Wakes..And, being dull, looks wond'rous wise, With solemn phiz, and critic scowl. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 148 By axe and eagle sat, With all their foreheads drawn in Roman scowls,..The fierce triumvirs. 1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §27. 39 Natural signs, as a scream to express terror, a scowl for hatred. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 369/2 He was received with scowls and curses. b. transferred. Of clouds, the elements, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > threatening quality loweringness1530 lour1596 scowl1646 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 35 A ruddy storme whose scoule, Made Heavens radiant face looke foule. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic Prol. 2 Sky—what a scowl of cloud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scowln.2 U.S. Obsolete. Perhaps: = scow n.2 1a. ΚΠ 1778 T. Anburey Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) II. lix. 278 We crossed the river in scowls, which are flat bottom boats, large enough to contain a waggon and horses. 1794 H. Wansey Jrnl. 15 May in Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. (1796) 56 While our coachee, and all its passengers were passing this fine river in a scowl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † scowln.3 dialect. Obsolete. Rubbish, debris. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- 1538–9 in R. N. Worth Cal. Tavistock Par. Rec. (1887) 17 Itm for Carynge awaye of the Skoole there ijd. 1538–9 in R. N. Worth Cal. Tavistock Par. Rec. (1887) 18 Itm for Carynge oute of the Skole of the churche ijd ob. 1561–2 in R. N. Worth Cal. Tavistock Par. Rec. (1887) 26 Itm payed for Caryinge of Scowle that laye in the churche yarde ijs viijd. 1574–5 in R. N. Worth Cal. Tavistock Par. Rec. (1887) 33 Itm paid for caryadge awaie of the scoule, iiijd. 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 380 [Devon] Scoil—Rudera, Rubbish—The Head of the Quarry before you come to the Solid Rock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). scowlv. 1. a. intransitive. To look with louring brows and a malignant or threatening expression; to look angry or sullen. Const. at, on, upon. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look malignantly scowl1340 leer1530 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > treat maliciously [verb (transitive)] > regard with spite scowl1340 spitea1400 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (intransitive)] > frown or scowl lourc1290 scowl1340 frownc1386 glouta1400 gloomc1400 gluma1500 lump1577 to knit, bend one's brows1600 caperate1623 glower1775 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at scowl1340 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2225 Devels sal..raumpe on hym, and skoul, and stare. c1400 Laud Troy Book 16158 Menelaus hadde grete envy Off that quene Pantasaly,..On hir that tyme ful foule he schouled And seyde: that [etc.]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 450/1 Scowle, wythe eyne, oboculo. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xvi. 9 Myne enemy skouleth vpon me with his eyes. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9 A mistris that skowles [1580 scowles]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O5 But with bent lowring browes, as she would threat, She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 28 Euen so, or with much more contempt mens eies Did scowle on gentle Ric. View more context for this quotation 1702 T. Yalden Æsop at Court viii. 22 Shall I [sc. Phoebus] the Universe benight..Because you [sc. an owl] Rail and Scowl. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw i His brow scowled. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 45 Albany scowled, but was silent. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 90 Whether it were not possible to make a spinner that would not rebel, nor mutter, nor scowl, nor strike for wages, nor emigrate? 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. vi. 119 We met many disbanded soldiers,..but beyond scowling at us they did us no harm. b. To be exhibited or expressed frowningly or with a scowl. poetic or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (intransitive)] > frown or scowl > be expressed by a scowl scowl1719 1719 E. Young Busiris i. 11 A sullen Gloom Scowls on his Brow, and marks him through the Dusk. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xv. 277 Amazement scowl'd upon his clouded face. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 89 A menace scowled upon the brow. 2. transferred and figurative. Of inanimate things (sometimes personified): To assume a gloomy, forbidding, or threatening aspect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > present gloomy or depressing aspect scowl1587 frown1642 1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. N4 And Clowdes waxe cleere, that now doth lowre and skoule. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 56 What squint-ey'd Starre hath scowl'd vpon me? 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 10 The Day returns, the Heav'ns no longer scowl. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 541 Not so when winter scowls. Assistant art Then acts in nature's office. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 31 Fretting cares scowl far aloof. 1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire 168 The edge..scowls down upon a bleak Staffordshire moorland. 3. transitive in nonce-uses. To send forth with a scowl; to express with a scowl. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > drive or force with frown or scowl scowl1667 frown1678 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > express ill humour [verb (transitive)] > frown or scowl at > express by frowning or scowling lour1746 scowl1757 frown1775 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 491 As when..the dusky clouds..o'respread Heav'ns chearful face, the lowring Element Scowls ore the dark'nd lantskip Snow, or showre. View more context for this quotation 1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. iii, in Odes 17 Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled Guest. Derivatives ˈscowling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling louringa1250 gloominga1400 glumminga1450 gloutingc1460 brow-bending1542 scowling1575 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. i. sig. Aii There is howlynge and scowlyng, all cast in adumpe, With whewling and pewling. ˈscowler n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > frowning or scowling > one who frowns or scowls frowner1630 scowler1858 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly June 109/2 I had rather meet three of the scowlers than one of the smilers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1?a1513n.21778n.31538v.1340 |
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