- a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone嗤笑, 讥笑, 冷笑; 讥讽的话; 嘲笑的口吻：
he acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer.
他傲慢轻蔑地笑了一下, 表示知道他们在场。
no obj.
- smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner嘲笑, 嘲讽：
she had sneered at their bad taste
她曾经讥笑过他们品位不高
with direct speech 'I see you're conservative in your ways, ' David sneered.“我明白了, 你们有你们保守的一套,"大卫嗤笑道。
派生词
sneerer
nounsneeringly
adverb词源
late Middle English: probably of imitative origin.