单词 | snicker |
释义 | snickersnick·er /ˈsnɪkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmELAUGH to laugh quietly and in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny 暗笑,窃笑 SYN British English snigger snicker at The other students snickered at Steve. 其他学生都偷偷地笑史蒂夫。 —snicker noun [countableC] a barely hidden snicker 几乎不加掩饰的窃笑 Examples from the Corpus snicker• One of the other caddies snickered.• Over the shouts of the soldiers, we filed out, snickering.• Everyone around Tony snickered, and Miss McFawn looked at him.• Then he snickered and walked away.• Most of the boys and girls snicker at the topic.• Lufkin looked pleased at the snickering audience.• He knew they snickered behind his back, but he believed that they would eventually accept him as one of their own. snicker at• Some listeners might be tempted to snicker at the childishly simple song titles. (1600-1700) From the sound |
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