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unsmiling

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·smil·ing /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ adjective literary  looking serious and unfriendly 没有笑意的,不苟言笑的 an unsmiling face 没有笑意的脸
Examples from the Corpus
unsmilingShe stared at the camera, stiff and unsmiling.He tells this story three years later, unsmiling.Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced, unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings.It was answered promptly by an unsmiling Ernestine.Sitting bolt upright in the trap, she would nod at everyone she passed with her proud unsmiling face.He looked as mean as ever, a pallid, unsmiling figure in black-suede jacket and very shiny black shoes.Stacy is a small, thin, unsmiling freshman.Karen is pumping away, unsmiling, just beginning to break a sweat.
un·smil·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
looking and unfriendly Corpus serious


unsmiling
unsmiling /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ adjective literary
looking serious and unfriendly:
    an unsmiling face


un·smil·ingBrE /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective (formal) not smiling; looking unfriendly 不苟言笑的;表情冷漠的His eyes were hard and unsmiling. 他目光严厉冷峻。🔊🔊 un·smil·ing·ly BrE /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋli/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋli/ 🔊 adverb