英语词汇“to raise one's eyebrow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow): to show surprise at, mild disapproval of, or scepticism about something. Cf. raised eyebrow n. at raised adj.¹ Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > act with surprise

abash?c1400

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startle1576

to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow)1849

to jump (also leap) out of one's skin1860

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1849 C. G. F. Gore Diamond & Pearl II. xi. 242 You will be shocked..at things which would scarcely cause ninety-nine out of a hundred of those among whom I am living, to raise an eyebrow.

1890 Unitarian Rev. June 498 No one raised an eyebrow at the news.

1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians 28 The most steady-going churchman hardly raises an eyebrow at it now.

1956 G. H. Vallins Pattern of Eng. v. 132 Brown, though he raises his eyebrows a little at the usage, by no means condemns it outright.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 407 They will perhaps raise their eyebrows at the old reiterated parrot-cry that the triumph of Roman Christianity brought ‘civilization’ to our island.

2003 Public Performance & Managem. Rev. 26 303 The finance director raised his eyebrows at the cost.

单词	to raise one's eyebrow
释义	> as lemmas to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow) a. to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow): to show surprise at, mild disapproval of, or scepticism about something. Cf. raised eyebrow n. at raised adj.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > act with surprise abash?c1400 startc1405 startle1576 to raise one's eyebrow(s) (or an eyebrow)1849 to jump (also leap) out of one's skin1860 gloppen- 1849 C. G. F. Gore Diamond & Pearl II. xi. 242 You will be shocked..at things which would scarcely cause ninety-nine out of a hundred of those among whom I am living, to raise an eyebrow. 1890 Unitarian Rev. June 498 No one raised an eyebrow at the news. 1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians 28 The most steady-going churchman hardly raises an eyebrow at it now. 1956 G. H. Vallins Pattern of Eng. v. 132 Brown, though he raises his eyebrows a little at the usage, by no means condemns it outright. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 407 They will perhaps raise their eyebrows at the old reiterated parrot-cry that the triumph of Roman Christianity brought ‘civilization’ to our island. 2003 Public Performance & Managem. Rev. 26 303 The finance director raised his eyebrows at the cost. extracted from eyebrown. < as lemmas
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