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【英语词汇】      

 英语中关于各种笑的词汇

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       说起“笑”，你最熟悉的也许是 smile 或 laugh。除此之外，英语

   中还有不少词汇可表示各种各样的笑，你知道吗？

 

                                                          

beam  指人因心情舒畅而发出的笑，即面带喜悦地笑 (smile happily and

   cheerfully)。

 

   1）She beamed back at me in an idiotic manner.

      她回头冲着我傻乎乎地笑笑。

   2）The children 's faces beamed with happy smiles.

      孩子们的脸上充溢着幸福的笑容。

   3）He greeted me with a beam of joy.

      他笑容满面地迎接我。

   4）Yusef chuckled with a beam of pride on his face.

      尤塞夫呵呵笑起来，脸上露出得意的笑容。

 

grin   指咧嘴露齿而笑，可用作动词或名词。

 

   1）He grinned when he was delighted at the memory of the matter.

      想到往事，他开心地咧嘴笑了起来。

   2）A large cat was lying on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.

      一只大猫正趴在炉边，它正咧着嘴笑。

   3）I know she is joking because she has a big grin on her face.

      她咧着嘴在笑，我知道她是在开玩笑。

   4）They looked at each other in a grin of understanding.

      他们会心地笑着，互相瞅了一眼。

 

chuckle   指偷笑、暗自低声轻笑，咯咯地笑 （laugh spftly or amusedly with

   satisfaction),可用作动词或名词。

 

   1) He chuckled to himself over the success of the scheme .

      想到那条妙计很灵验，他得意地偷笑起来。

   2）She was happy to talk about it. She held me tight and continued to chuckle. 

      她兴高采烈地谈论这件事，紧紧地搂着我，咯咯地笑个不停。

   3）I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.

      想到这个，忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

   4）He gave a mild chuckle and looked at me with his kind and candid blue eyes

      他轻轻地咯咯一笑，用那双和善又坦率的蓝眼睛望着我。

 

giggle  “傻笑”、“咯咯地笑”  指情不自禁发出咯咯的笑声（laugh repeatedly 

   in silly but uncontrolled way when one is amused, embarraseed or

   nervous），较多地用于女人或孩子，可用作动词或名词。

 

    1）Scarlett wanted to giggle at her discomfiture, for Rhett had caught her

       fairly.

       思嘉看见她这副狼狈相忍不住要笑出声来, 因为瑞德抓住她的要害了。

    2）The absurd story made all the children started to giggle.

       那个荒谬的故事使所有的孩子们都吃吃地笑开了。

    3）Stop giggling , children; this is a serious matter.

       孩子们，别傻笑了，这是严肃的事情。

    4）There was a giggle from the back of the class.

       从教室后面传来咯咯的笑声。

    5）She gave a delighted giggle. 

       她高兴地发出吃吃笑声。

 

chortle  指哈哈大笑、得意地欢笑（laugh when one feels amused or pleased 

   about something），可用作动词或名词。

 

   1）My parents chortled with mirth, when they heard the funny story。

      当我的父母听到这件趣事，他们开心得咯咯笑起来了。

   2）Now and then there came chortles of the children from the next room.

      隔壁房间里不时传来孩子们的欢笑声。

 

cachinnate   指放声大笑、哄笑（laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way）

 

    1）He cachinnated till his sides ached .

      他笑得肚皮都痛。

    2）Every time you take a full breath, or when you cachinnate well, the diaphragm

      descends and gives the stomach an extra squeeze and shakes it.

      每一次深呼吸或大笑，横膈膜会下降，使胃部受到额外的挤压和振动。

 

guffaw  “狂笑”、“哄笑”， 指哈哈大笑、开心地放声大笑，可用作动词或名词。

 

   1）Paul beat his rival at last , and he guffawed boisterously

      保罗最终战胜他的对手，发出一阵狂笑。

   2）He guffawed with delight when he heard the news.

      听到这个消息，他高兴得狂笑不已。

   3）What he said aroused a blast of guffaw.

      他的话引起大家一阵哄笑。

   4）The crowd laugh an guffaw as soon as they see the ridiculous manner of the

      buffoon.

      见小丑那种滑稽样子, 观众不禁哈哈大笑大起来。

 

titter  “窃笑”， 指窘迫时的短促的窃笑（laugh nervously, often at something that

   you feel you should not be laughing at），可用作动词或名词。

  

   1）He heard some girls tittering behind his back. 

      他听到背后有一些女孩子在窃笑。

   2）Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.

      提及性治疗，大多数人会尴尬地偷笑。

   3）The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy,

      教室里到处都是窃窃轻笑声，似乎是这让男孩脸红。

   4）The love scene raised a few titters from a party of schoolboys.

      这个爱情情景引起一群男生的窃笑。

 

simper  指痴笑，傻笑或做作地笑（smile affectedly or derisively）可用作动词或

   名词。

 

   1）What are you simpering about now？

      你在傻笑什么？

　 2）When I told him that news, he simply simpered.

      当我把那消息告诉他时，他只假笑了一下。

   3）The model looked at her reflection in the mirror with an idiotic simper.

      模特儿带着傻乎乎的微笑望着镜子里自己。

   4）He had small, watery eyes, a pointed nose, and wore an unpleasant simper.

      他长了一双水汪汪的小眼睛，一个尖头鼻子，脸上挂着令人讨厌的假笑。

 

 

smirk  “假笑”、“得意的笑”； 指洋洋得意、自鸣得意地笑，或指轻蔑地笑

  (laugh in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way or laugh with

   pleasure at someone else's unhappiness or misfortune)。 可用作动词或名

   词。

    

   1）She stood there, smirking at me without a word.

      她站在那里，一言不语，冲着我傻笑。

   2）I don't like the way he winks and smirks at me whenever he sees me.

      我不喜欢他每次看到我总是眨眨眼，捂着嘴偷笑我的样子。

   3）A smirk flickered at the corner of his mouth as he watched my struggle.

      他看我挣扎的样子，嘴角闪过一丝幸灾乐祸的笑容。

   4）"I told you it would end in disaster," said Polly with a self-satisfied smirk

       on her face.

      “我告诉你它会以悲剧收场,”波利自鸣得意地笑着说。

 

snicker  “坏笑”、“窃笑”、“暗笑”，常含有不敬之意（laugh quietly in a

   disrespectful way）， 多用作动词。

 

   1）On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering.

      听了他荒谬的意见，我忍不住暗笑着走开了。

   2）She stood there, snickering at what he was saying.

      她站在那里，对他说的偷偷发笑。

   3）The class snickered but she said, "try," encouragingly .

      全班同学听了都窃窃发笑，然而她却鼓励说：“试试吧！”

 

snigger  “暗笑”，“窃笑”，常不带善意（to laugh at someone or something

   in a silly and often unkind way）， 多用作动词。

 

   1) He sniggered, and then pulled himself and tried to look particularlysolemn. 

      他偷偷地噗嗤笑了出来，接着又敛容正色，做出特别庄重严肃的样子。

   2）How can I forget, with people sniggering behind my back?

      我怎么会忘记呢？人们一直在我背后偷偷地笑话我。

 

sneer  指某人傲慢、盛气凌人而冷言冷语地嘲笑、讥笑他人（smile or speak in a

  very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or

  something），着重强调其说话的调腔、措辞和表情，常带有一定的恶意或蔑视。可

  用作动词或名词。

 

   1）She'll probably sneer at my new shoes because they're not expensive.

      她很可能会嘲笑我的新鞋，因为它们不是很贵。

   2）He's always sneering at my suggestions.  

      他总是对我提出的建议嗤之以鼻。

   3）It is discouraging to be sneered at all the time.

      老是被人讥笑是很令人泄气。

   4）There were always those who dismissed him with a sneer, saying he wasn't

      British by birth.

      总有人对他不屑一顾，说他不是土生土长的英国人。

   5）He paid no attention to their sneers.

      他对他们的嘲笑置之不理。

 

deride  “嘲笑”、“讥笑”，指用轻蔑的语言讥讽某人的缺点（laugh at someone

  or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of

  no value）。

 

   1）They derided his efforts as childish.

      他们把他的努力嘲为幼稚之举。

   2）This building, once derided by critics, is now a major tourist attraction.

      这个建筑物，曾受批评者讥讽，现在成了一个主要的旅游景点。

   3）You should not deride children for their failures; you should encourage them

      to try again.

      你不该嘲笑孩子的失败，应该鼓励他们再作尝试。 

 

scoff   “嘲笑”、“讥笑”，指不尊重、不相信，以致用轻蔑的语言无理嘲笑。

 

   1）Young people should not scoff at the advice given by the elders.

      年轻人不应嘲笑长辈提出的劝告。

   2）Although some may scoff at the idea, it has been a remarkably compelling

       vision.

      虽然有些人对之不屑一顾, 然而这一理念确实广受欢迎.。

   3）Economic analysts scoff at the claims that inflation is on the rise.

      经济分析家们对通胀上升各种说法嗤之以鼻。

 

jeer  指奚落、冷嘲热讽的嘲笑。可用作动词或名词。

 

   1）The big boys jeer at Tom Because he is so small.

      大个男孩子们嘲笑汤姆，因为他个子很矮小。

   2）Don’t jeer at the mistakes or misfortures of others.

      不要嘲笑别人的错误或不幸。

   3）I didn't come here today to jeer: I want to give advice.

      我今天到这儿来不是为了讽刺挖苦，我是想提些建议。

   4）He was stabbed to the heart by the girl's jeer.

      那女孩的嘲讽深深地刺伤了他的心。