【HP】原著精读 哈利波特与魔法石 笔记1-5(4)
2.staring with suspicion,skepticism,etc
"The gambler gave the newcomer a beady-eyed look."
He turned to smile at the tabby, but it had gone. Instead he was smiling at a rather severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes. She, too, was wearing a cloak, an emerald one. Her black hair was drawn into a tight bun. She looked distinctly ruffled.
l Ruffle
1.to disturb,vex,or irritate "to be ruffled by a perceived slight"
2.to be or become ruffled,undulate,flutter
‘How did you know it was me?’ she asked.
‘My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.’
‘You’d be stiff if you’d been sitting on a brick wall all day,’ said Professor McGonagall.
"The gambler gave the newcomer a beady-eyed look."
He turned to smile at the tabby, but it had gone. Instead he was smiling at a rather severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes. She, too, was wearing a cloak, an emerald one. Her black hair was drawn into a tight bun. She looked distinctly ruffled.
l Ruffle
1.to disturb,vex,or irritate "to be ruffled by a perceived slight"
2.to be or become ruffled,undulate,flutter
‘How did you know it was me?’ she asked.
‘My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.’
‘You’d be stiff if you’d been sitting on a brick wall all day,’ said Professor McGonagall.