- a smothered or half-suppressed laugh窃笑, 偷偷笑。
no obj.
- give such a laugh窃笑：
the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back
学校里的男孩们肯定会在背后讥笑他的
with direct speech 'Doesn't he look a fool?' they sniggered.“难道他不像个傻瓜吗？”他们窃笑道。
派生词
sniggerer
nounsniggeringly
adverb词源
early 18th cent.: later variant of SNICKER.