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    Pouty is how we describe a face or a person when the lips are pushed out in a pout.

    Pouty Pouty is how we describe a face or a person是用來形容一張臉或一個人 when the lips are pushed out in a pout嘴唇噘起來的樣子。

    Often it means someone looks sulky or a bit — a pouty child, a pouty look when a plan falls through. People also say pouty lips for lips that look full and pushed forward, the kind magazines treat as pretty, not angry. Same shape, two readings: mood versus looks.

    Often通常 it means someone looks sulky or a bit annoyed意思是某人看起來在賭氣或有點不高興 — a pouty childa pouty child, a pouty look when a plan falls through計畫搞砸時a pouty look。People人們 also say pouty lips也會說pouty lips for lips that look full and pushed forward指看起來豐厚、往前噘的嘴唇, the kind magazines treat as pretty, not angry就是雜誌認為漂亮、而不是生氣的那種。Same shape, two readings同樣的形狀,兩種解讀: mood versus looks心情,還是外貌。

    It can sound critical (“Don’t be pouty”) or just descriptive. Informal.

    它可能聽起來有點像在批評It can sound mildly critical ("Don't be pouty")(「Don't be pouty」) or just descriptive也可能只是單純描述。Informal是口語用字。

    It is an adjective, not a verb — the verb is pout. Younger speakers use it a lot about photos and about someone being sulky in a small, way; it is not a stiff or formal word.

    It它 is an adjective, not a verb是形容詞,不是動詞 — the verb is pout動詞是pout。Younger speakers比較年輕的人 use it a lot about photos很常拿它形容照片 and about someone being sulky in a small, showy way和形容某人用小小的、愛show的方式在賭氣; it is not a stiff or formal word不是一個生硬或正式的字。

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組成pout + -y (the ending that turns a noun or verb into an adjective: “full of / like that”).

同家族的字

  • poutthe verb and noun this adjective is built from

原始詞典資料3 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。

poutyadj

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    Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)

    • 1799, Cassandra Leigh Cook, Battleridge, London: Cawthorn, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 77, ‘My dear Doctor,’ said he, ‘this wrathful man thinks you have been unsuccessful, and is primed to be pouty; let us enjoy the pleasure of discovery by a little delay; […] ’
    • Long ago when Jade used to come for holiday visits, Margaret found her awkward and pouty, but now that she was grown up, she was pretty and a lot of fun.
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    Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth)

    • 1851, Donald Grant Mitchell (as Ik. Marvel.), Dream Life, New York: Scribner, Chapter 5, pp. 239-240, Was there ever a baby seen, or even read of, like that baby! […] he is a little pouty about the mouth—but such a mouth!
    • Those girls, who could have been her daughters, were beautiful. […] Their mouths were pouty little cupid’s bows.
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    Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality)

    • Where other actresses offer us a sort of pouty boredom which yet seeks to flirt with the audience, Huppert presents severity, anger, and an irritation raised to the condition of nausea.
    • 2006, Gary Shteyngart, Absurdistan, London: Granta, 2008, Chapter 27, p. 214, Only their full red lips bore similarity, the father’s bubbly wedges endowing him with a drag queen’s pouty glamour.

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