单词 | pout |
释义 | pout (once / 1814 pages) 1vn 2n When something doesn’t go your way and you get annoyed about it, that’s a pout. And when you let the world know about it by thrusting out your lower lip, you are pouting. Get over it. When you pout, you’re expressing annoyance or displeasure. It’s a sulky kind of gesture, one that involves a facial expression more than words — in fact, a pout is often accompanied by a moody silence. The verb form of pout describes the action, and the noun form describes the facial expression. Maybe it's not a coincidence that a pout is also a type of fish. Pouting faces are a bit fish-like in their expressions. WORD FAMILYpout: pouted, pouter, pouting, pouts+/pouter: pouters USAGE EXAMPLESTaylor initially pouted after his parents told him to turn off his tablet. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Despite his occasional pouts — is the original “Roots” really such a chore to re-watch? — the British author presents readers with one clever observation after another. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) Aunty Ifeoma took Papa-Nnukwu to the University Medical Center in the morning and came back shortly afterward, her mouth set in a full pout. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1 1v be in a huff and display one's displeasure She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted Syn|Hypo brood, sulk brood, grizzle, stew be in a huff; be silent or sullen 2v make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip The girl pouted Syn|Hyper mop, mow grimace, make a face, pull a face contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state 3n a disdainful grimace 2Syn|Hyper moue, wry face face, grimace a contorted facial expression 1n marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas Syn|Hypo|Hyper eelpout Zoarces viviparus, viviparous eelpout an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous Gymnelis viridis, fish doctorbrightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout Macrozoarces americanus, ocean poutcommon along northeastern coast of North America blennioid, blennioid fish elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins 2n catfish common in eastern United States Syn|Hyper Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout bullhead, bullhead catfish any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States |
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