glowering
glowering — 動詞
- gloweringpresent simple I / you / we / they
- glowerings3rd person singular
- gloweringing-ing form
- gloweringedpast simple
1. to look at someone or something with a very angry or threatening expression, oft
怒視；瞪視
憤怒或威脅地注視
to look at someone or something with a very angry or threatening expression, often without speaking, because you are annoyed or in a bad mood.
Anong glowered at her laptop screen when the program crashed for the third time that afternoon.
Anong 瞪著她的筆電螢幕，因為那個下午程式已經第三次當機了。
glower + at + thing (frustration)
Instead of yelling at the children, Dahlia simply glowered from the kitchen doorway until they noticed.
Dahlia 沒有對孩子們大吼，只是從廚房門口怒視著他們，直到他們注意到。
glower without speaking
Rafael glowered at the referee after the penalty was wrongly given to the other team.
Rafael 怒視著裁判，因為那次犯規被判給了對方球隊，但判決並不公平。
glower + at + person (causing anger)
Yumi glowered every time her brother hummed the same annoying tune during dinner.
每次弟弟在晚餐時哼著同一首煩人的旋律，Yumi 都會瞪他一眼。
The driver who had been cut off glowered silently through his windscreen at the car ahead.
那位被超車的駕駛隔著擋風玻璃，無聲地怒視著前面的車輛。
glower + silently (adverb of manner)
- glower at
- glower silently
- glower darkly
- glower from across the room
文法句型
glower + at + person/thing
用法筆記
Always used with the preposition 'at' to indicate the target of the look. The subject is a person who is annoyed or angry but chooses not to speak aggressively.
常見錯誤
glowering — 名詞
1. a long, angry expression on a person's face that shows they are annoyed, sulking
怒容；怒色
臉上憤怒或不悅的表情
a long, angry expression on a person's face that shows they are annoyed, sulking, or threatening someone.
When asked about the missing report, Yumi gave her manager a dark glower and turned away without answering.
被問到那份遺失的報告時，Yumi 對經理投以一個陰沉的怒容，然後轉身離開，一言不發。
give + glower + to + person
Jessica's angry glower was enough to silence the noisy students immediately.
Jessica 滿臉怒容足以讓吵鬧的學生們立刻安靜下來。
possessive + glower (subject causing a reaction)
The waiter received a hostile glower from the customer whose steak had arrived cold.
那位牛排送來時已經是冷的顧客，對服務生投以充滿敵意的怒容。
Vivek's glower slowly softened into a grin when he realised his friends were joking with him.
Vivek 的怒色漸漸化為笑容，因為他發現朋友們只是在跟他開玩笑。
glower + softens / fades (change of expression)
- dark glower
- angry glower
- give a glower
- receive a glower
- hostile glower
用法筆記
Almost always used in the singular form. The noun is much less common than the verb and often appears in literary or descriptive writing.