furrow

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fur·row1 /ˈfʌrəʊ $ ˈfɜːroʊ/ noun [countableC]

1 LINEa deep line or fold in the skin of someone’s face, especially on the forehead 〔人脸部，尤其是前额的〕皱纹 → wrinkle

A deep furrow appeared between his brows.

他眉间出现了一道深深的皱纹。

2 TASa wide deep line made in the surface of something, especially the ground 〔尤指地面的〕（犁）沟；车辙

the regular furrows of a plowed field

犁过的地里齐整的犁沟

The river cuts a long straight furrow between the hills.

那条河在山间冲刷出一条又长又直的沟壑。

Examples from the Corpus

furrow• Properties within this unit are long and rectangular and there are traces of ridge and furrow in them.• The aim is to create something like this ... and that means the judges methodically comparing furrows.• The boat's propellers slashed dark furrows in the water.• The spouts are placed so as to ensure no seed drops down the deep furrows immediately behind the subsoiler legs.• The forehead is usually divided by a central ridge or furrow as in much of the Negroid work.• But when he looked at me, that furrow of care between his eyes turned into a question mark.• All around the furrows in the fields were filled with snow.• The traffic that had caused the furrows a mile back could not have come this way.

furrow2 verb

1 LINE[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to make the skin on your face form deep lines or folds, especially because you are worried or thinking hard （使）〔脸部〕起皱纹〔尤因烦恼或苦苦思索〕

Quin’s brow furrowed in concentration.

奎因双眉紧锁，全神贯注。

2. [transitiveT]HOLE to make a wide deep line in the surface of something 犁；在…开出沟槽；使形成车辙

—furrowed adjectiveadj

a furrowed brow

紧锁的眉头

Examples from the Corpus

brow furrowed• Her face in close-up, anxious, shadowy, the brow furrowed.• Her husband's brow furrowed as he noted the set of her face.• She went back into school, brow furrowed, eyes gleaming.• She worked in silence, her brow furrowed while Hari watched her, a contented smile on her face.• Hawthorn's brow furrowed with the effort of evading the weapon.• His brow furrowed with the effort to understand the concept of a laboratory and the arcane art of surgery.

Origin furrow1

Old English furh

fur·row1 nounfurrow2 verb

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