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单词 chortle
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Definition of chortle in English:

chortle

verb ˈtʃɔːt(ə)lˈtʃɔrdl
[no object]
  • Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.

    哈哈大笑;咯咯地欢笑

    he chortled at his own execrable pun

    他对自己拙劣的双关语大笑了起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It gets funnier as it goes along, till by the end I was chortling merrily at every second line.
    • His rapt audience, 16 Indian cricket players in blue blazers, chortled in approval, and later took turns to pump the general's hand.
    • Duncan had beamed and chortled and puffed out cigar smoke contentedly, and Lucasta had thought that when he behaved like this, she wished he would go to China and stay there.
    • When my flatmates, years ago, chortled through Arachnophobia, I was rigid with terror and couldn't sleep all night.
    • ‘Buddy's not here right now,’ the 18-year-old manager Mandy chortled with her eyes lighting up.
    • ‘Now we are going to a special place,’ said one man, and the rest chortled ominously.
    • You've probably chortled to yourself as you realised your mistake.
    • That cracks me up no end - I'm chortling loudly right now.
    • Some friends of mine already know about this and have likely already chortled at my astounding lack of basic knowledge.
    • Howard ends this play chortling like a loon, having the last laugh as ever.
    • ‘Just to let you know what's happening during the lunch break today,’ one radio man chortled on Friday morning.
    • The band stood there chortling: ‘Your pants, Adrian.’
    • ‘That was my first lesson in just how tough and dirty national politics can be,’ she chortled over a cup of coffee at the Falcon Manor Hotel.
    • The two men drive away into the night - cackling, chortling and tossing their hats in the air.
    • My wife chortled and guffawed too, but neither of us can explain why it works.
    • His clear, dreamy blue eyes twinkled joyfully and his infant voice chortled gleefully.
    • The jokes were funny - I chortled and snickered - but the plot was all over the place and lacked drive and, well, to me it read like a first draft.
    • How I chortled when I first saw the white chamber pot under my bed: how witty, I thought; how whimsical - till I awoke in pitch darkness on the first night with a full bladder.
    • ‘Guess you can't become an American citizen,’ he chortled.
    • ‘All I was thinking was that it didn't matter where he was going to bowl the ball, it was still going for six,’ he chortled.
    Synonyms
    chuckle, laugh, giggle, titter, tee-hee, snigger
    guffaw, cackle, crow
noun ˈtʃɔːt(ə)lˈtʃɔrdl
  • A noisy, gleeful laugh.

    哈哈大笑

    Thomas gave a chortle

    托马斯大笑起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides the warm, humane tone it adopts, ‘The Road Home’ boasts well rounded characters, some sharp observations and a nice line in humour that could chase a chortle out of the most dour reader.
    • ‘You've left out one detail,’ I snorted, amid chortles.
    • But the chortles, chuckles and giggles are part of a much more serious project.
    • When I started talking to the walls, I decided I wanted to do something else,’ she says with a chortle.
    • The moments when the camera zooms in on Max's conniving face usually sparked a chortle of laughter from my son.
    • Our home rang with the laughter of children interwoven with his deep chortles.
    • No chortle, no chuckle, not even a quarter of a guffaw.
    • It started as a mild chuckle, elevated itself to a chortle, then blossomed into the longest, loudest, most cathartic hilarity he had ever experienced.
    • The two met in the late Eighties while studying medieval history at Manchester University; a fact that led to many chortles about geeks inheriting the dance floor.
    • All laughter is highly stereotyped, and our giggles, chortles, and guffaws - even if their context or sonic structure conveys irony or other emotional nuances - are variations on one basic theme.
    • Sarge found this hilarious and began a new round of mad chortles.
    • The chortle, though, quickly turned into a loud laugh as the words replayed in her mind and she figured out what they meant.
    • ‘I'm not going to bite you,’ he said, his laugh dissolving into a soft chortle.
    • A laugh in the theatre is deeper and more satisfying than a chortle alone in front of the television.
    • ‘My time frame would be by tomorrow,’ he says with a chortle, admitting his executives tell him it'll take a little longer.
    • He stops, lets out a throaty chortle, and starts trucking straight uphill, cutting the switchbacks.
    • He laughed at first, but his chortles became increasingly laboured as the day wore on.
    • For only $24.95 you'll not only get laughs, but also guffaws, chortles, and giggles.
    • He has also got a shrewd sense of humour, revealed by a hooded look of bored apprehension if the talk meanders into polite inanity, and by an appreciative chortle when it goes the other way, somewhere interesting.
    • The cashier's explanation elicited chortles of skepticism from everyone.
    Synonyms
    chuckle, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, ha-ha, tee-hee, snigger, roar of laughter, hoot of laughter, shriek of laughter, peal of laughter, belly laugh

Origin

1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.

  • This was coined by Lewis Carroll (1832–98) in Through the Looking Glass; and is probably a blend of chuckle and snort.

Rhymes

immortal, mortal, portal

Definition of chortle in US English:

chortle

verbˈCHôrdlˈtʃɔrdl
[no object]
  • Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; chuckle.

    哈哈大笑;咯咯地欢笑

    he chortled at his own pun

    他对自己拙劣的双关语大笑了起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘That was my first lesson in just how tough and dirty national politics can be,’ she chortled over a cup of coffee at the Falcon Manor Hotel.
    • Duncan had beamed and chortled and puffed out cigar smoke contentedly, and Lucasta had thought that when he behaved like this, she wished he would go to China and stay there.
    • ‘Now we are going to a special place,’ said one man, and the rest chortled ominously.
    • How I chortled when I first saw the white chamber pot under my bed: how witty, I thought; how whimsical - till I awoke in pitch darkness on the first night with a full bladder.
    • Some friends of mine already know about this and have likely already chortled at my astounding lack of basic knowledge.
    • ‘Guess you can't become an American citizen,’ he chortled.
    • ‘Just to let you know what's happening during the lunch break today,’ one radio man chortled on Friday morning.
    • Howard ends this play chortling like a loon, having the last laugh as ever.
    • The two men drive away into the night - cackling, chortling and tossing their hats in the air.
    • When my flatmates, years ago, chortled through Arachnophobia, I was rigid with terror and couldn't sleep all night.
    • The jokes were funny - I chortled and snickered - but the plot was all over the place and lacked drive and, well, to me it read like a first draft.
    • You've probably chortled to yourself as you realised your mistake.
    • It gets funnier as it goes along, till by the end I was chortling merrily at every second line.
    • His clear, dreamy blue eyes twinkled joyfully and his infant voice chortled gleefully.
    • My wife chortled and guffawed too, but neither of us can explain why it works.
    • The band stood there chortling: ‘Your pants, Adrian.’
    • His rapt audience, 16 Indian cricket players in blue blazers, chortled in approval, and later took turns to pump the general's hand.
    • That cracks me up no end - I'm chortling loudly right now.
    • ‘All I was thinking was that it didn't matter where he was going to bowl the ball, it was still going for six,’ he chortled.
    • ‘Buddy's not here right now,’ the 18-year-old manager Mandy chortled with her eyes lighting up.
    Synonyms
    chuckle, laugh, giggle, titter, tee-hee, snigger
nounˈCHôrdlˈtʃɔrdl
  • A breathy, gleeful laugh.

    哈哈大笑

    Thomas gave a chortle

    托马斯大笑起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides the warm, humane tone it adopts, ‘The Road Home’ boasts well rounded characters, some sharp observations and a nice line in humour that could chase a chortle out of the most dour reader.
    • When I started talking to the walls, I decided I wanted to do something else,’ she says with a chortle.
    • A laugh in the theatre is deeper and more satisfying than a chortle alone in front of the television.
    • He stops, lets out a throaty chortle, and starts trucking straight uphill, cutting the switchbacks.
    • For only $24.95 you'll not only get laughs, but also guffaws, chortles, and giggles.
    • The moments when the camera zooms in on Max's conniving face usually sparked a chortle of laughter from my son.
    • The cashier's explanation elicited chortles of skepticism from everyone.
    • ‘You've left out one detail,’ I snorted, amid chortles.
    • But the chortles, chuckles and giggles are part of a much more serious project.
    • The two met in the late Eighties while studying medieval history at Manchester University; a fact that led to many chortles about geeks inheriting the dance floor.
    • All laughter is highly stereotyped, and our giggles, chortles, and guffaws - even if their context or sonic structure conveys irony or other emotional nuances - are variations on one basic theme.
    • ‘My time frame would be by tomorrow,’ he says with a chortle, admitting his executives tell him it'll take a little longer.
    • He has also got a shrewd sense of humour, revealed by a hooded look of bored apprehension if the talk meanders into polite inanity, and by an appreciative chortle when it goes the other way, somewhere interesting.
    • No chortle, no chuckle, not even a quarter of a guffaw.
    • He laughed at first, but his chortles became increasingly laboured as the day wore on.
    • Our home rang with the laughter of children interwoven with his deep chortles.
    • Sarge found this hilarious and began a new round of mad chortles.
    • The chortle, though, quickly turned into a loud laugh as the words replayed in her mind and she figured out what they meant.
    • ‘I'm not going to bite you,’ he said, his laugh dissolving into a soft chortle.
    • It started as a mild chuckle, elevated itself to a chortle, then blossomed into the longest, loudest, most cathartic hilarity he had ever experienced.
    Synonyms
    chuckle, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, ha-ha, tee-hee, snigger, roar of laughter, hoot of laughter, shriek of laughter, peal of laughter, belly laugh

Origin

1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.

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