eyebrow

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
2. A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
3. A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Verb

1. To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
2. To signal with one's eyebrows.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).