"lour" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 皺眉
• 烏雲密佈

Definition

皺起眉頭表示生氣或不高興，或指天空因烏雲密佈而變得昏暗，如同要下雨一樣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Lour”是文學性正式詞語，日常對話中很少用。多形容生氣的臉或暴風雨來臨前的陰沉天空。常與“look”、“sky”等詞搭配。別與“lower”（降低）混淆。

Examples

He began to lour when he heard the bad news.

當他聽到壞消息時，他開始**皺眉**。

Dark clouds began to lour over the city.

烏雲開始**密佈**在城市上空。

Her face would often lour when she was upset.

她生氣時，臉上常常會**皺眉**。

The teacher's eyes would lour whenever the class was noisy.

每當班級吵鬧時，老師的眼神就會**皺起**。

By late afternoon, the sky began to lour and thunder rumbled in the distance.

傍晚時分，天空開始**變黑**，遠處傳來雷聲。

You don't need to lour just because things didn't go your way.

事情不順利時，你不必**皺眉**。