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单词 boot-faced
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Definition of boot-faced in English:

boot-faced

adjective
British informal
  • Having a grim or scowling expression.

    〈英,非正式〉严厉的,面无笑容的;面带怒容的

    a boot-faced police sergeant

    一位严厉的警长。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She soon lapses back into her impersonation of a boot-faced police sergeant.
    • She gets the better of her boot-faced teacher with an environmental project involving her family and a tree-saving campaign.
    • Her West End debut has been another antidote to the occasionally boot-faced Havers.
    • You never know, it may just be a nervous laugh, brought on by facing up to five boot-faced, judgemental, snidey so-and-sos like you lot.
    • The boot-faced former MP has complained.
    Synonyms
    stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant
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