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各种笑的英语表达
笑是人们表达思想感情最常见的一种方式。中文里有关“笑”的词汇非常丰富,比如“大笑”、“微笑”、“傻笑”、“笑容满面”、“莞尔一笑”等等。中文词汇如此生动多样,那么在英语中有关“笑”的词汇是否也同样丰富呢?
1、Smile(微笑)
Smile是微笑,也是最常用的笑,它常给人留下美好的印象: give a soft smile/crack a smile 莞尔一笑,give a charming smile 嫣然一笑,give a faint smile 是淡淡一笑,give a false/crafty smile 是皮笑肉不笑的假笑。满面笑容、咧嘴大笑是smile from ear to ear,笑容可掬是be radiant with smile,苦笑叫force a smile,他眉开眼笑就是His face melts in smiles.
2、Laugh(笑)
Laugh常表示出声的笑,其程度要大于smile:哈哈大笑laugh heartily,傻笑是laugh foolishly,狞笑是laugh grimly,暗中窃笑是laugh in one’s sleeve/beard,笑掉大牙是laugh one’s head off,笑声阵起是burst into laughter.
3、Grin(露齿而笑)
She was grinning with delight. 她高兴得咧开嘴笑了。
4、Chuckle(含笑,轻声笑)
He was chuckling to himself over what he was reading. 他对自己在读的东西暗自发笑。
5、Giggle(咯咯地笑;傻笑)
I heard them giggle when I passed by the girls. 我走过那些女孩子身边时,听见她们咯咯地笑。
6、Roar(哄笑;大笑)
His jokes set the table in a roar. 他的笑语使满座哄堂大笑。
7、Snicker(忍笑;暗笑)[通常有不敬的成分]
On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering. 听了他荒谬的意见,我忍不住笑着走开了。
8、Simper(假笑;痴笑;傻笑)
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。
9、Cachinnate(放声大笑)
He cachinnated till his sides ached. 他笑得肚皮都痛了。
10、Chortle(欢笑;哈哈大笑)
The children chortled all the time while they were hearing the story. 孩子们听那个故事时,始终欢笑不止。