pout
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pout /paʊt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACEto push out your lower lip because you are annoyed or unhappy, or in order to look sexually attractive 噘起（嘴唇），噘嘴〔因不高兴或为显得性感〕 He sounded like a pouting child. 他听上去像个生气噘嘴的孩子。 Her full lips pouted slightly. 她丰满的双唇微微噘起。 —pout noun [countable] —pouty adjective→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
pout• Stop pouting and eat your dinner.• Her lips pout around the filter and her cheeks collapse in as she draws deeply.• Her mouth pouted further, if that were possible.• As I came up out of the trough, the wave was pouting out a lip like the deck of an aircraft carrier.• Amelia seemed to pout, playing with a salt shaker.• But she was focused on Tillman now; showing him a pouting smile.• Cases like these should be distinguished from a superficially parallel set of cases such as shrug the shoulders and pout the lips.• Also she pouts, which in a woman her age is ludicrous, but effective.lips pouted• The firm lips pouted in a sulk.Origin pout (1300-1400) Perhaps from a Scandinavian languagepout verbChinese
to lower you lip Corpus your out because push
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pout /paʊt/
verb [intransitive and transitive]
He sounded like a pouting child.
Her full lips pouted slightly.
—pout noun [countable]
—pouty adjective
■ different types of expression
▪frown the expression on your face when you move your eyebrows together because you are angry, unhappy, or confused: With a frown, she asked, ‘So what’s wrong with that?’
▪smile an expression in which your mouth curves upwards, when you are being friendly or are happy or amused: She gave him a quick smile.
▪scowl an angry or disapproving expression: There was a scowl of irritation on his face.
▪glare a long angry look: He gave her a furious glare, but said nothing.
▪grimace an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain: His face twisted into a grimace of anguish.
▪sneer an expression that shows you have no respect for something or someone: ‘That’s what you said last time,’ she said with a sneer.
▪smirk an expression in which you smile in an unpleasant way that shows you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck or that you think you are better than other people: He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.
▪pout an expression in which you push out your lower lip because you are unhappy that you did not get what you want: ‘You’re going away?’ she said with a pout.
pout /paʊt/
verb [intransitive and transitive] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language
to push out your lower lip because you are annoyed or unhappy, or in order to look sexually attractive:Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language
—pout noun [countable]
—pouty adjective
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