核心畫面

A small arc of hair sitting above the eye — a line that can lift, and when it lifts, the face has said something before the mouth does.

眼睛上方那一道短短的弧線:它本身只是毛,但它會動。往上一挑,臉就先開口了——還沒說任何一個字,對方已經知道你在驚訝、更多收起眼睛上方那一道短短的弧線:它本身只是毛,但它會動。往上一挑,臉就先開口了——還沒說任何一個字,對方已經知道你在驚訝、在懷疑、或在不以為然。所以 eyebrow 在英文裡不只是身體部位,它是一個「表情的開關」,一個位置很小卻很會講話的地方。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Eyebrowname

  • 1

    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

eyebrownoun/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

  • 1

    The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

  • 2

    businessconstructionmanufacturingA dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.

  • 3

    A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

eyebrowverb/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

  • 1

    To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.

  • 2

    To signal with one's eyebrows.

    • Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。