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 Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。