词汇精选:giggle的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
咯咯的笑,傻笑
例句:
All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.
我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。
例句:
The girl let out a giggle that seemed to echo, and she ran away.
这个女孩朝我傻笑了一声,好像是还有回声,接着她就跑掉了。
v.
咯咯的笑,傻笑,咯咯地笑着说 [I,T]
例句:
I hear a classmate behind me giggle at his hair.
我听到坐我后面的同学咯咯地笑著他的发型。
例句:
Both girls began to giggle.
两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
二、词义辨析:
laugh,smile,giggle,grin,beam,sneer
这些动词均含“笑”之意。laugh最常用词,指因喜悦、愉快或轻视而出声的笑或大笑。smile指面露微笑,侧重于无声。giggle指发出咯咯的笑声,较多地用于女人或孩子。 grin指露齿而笑。beam书面用词,指人因心情舒畅而发出的笑,即喜形于色地笑。sneer指冷笑、嘲笑。
三、参考例句:
The absurd story made her giggle.
那个荒谬的故事使她咯咯地笑了起来。
I hear a classmate behind me giggle at his hair.
我听到坐我后面的同学咯咯地笑著他的发型。
You giggle/fidget/act awkward/have facial tics/lack expression.
你傻笑/坐立不安/笨手笨脚/脸部抽筋/表达方式单一。
All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.
我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。
The girl let out a giggle that seemed to echo, and she ran away.
这个女孩朝我傻笑了一声,好像是还有回声,接着她就跑掉了。
And while the result may be painfully cringe-inducing at first, it ultimately proves rather sweet as they fumble with zips and buttons, tear trousers and giggle awkwardly as they disrobe.
尽管开头和结尾有点尴尬,但最终他们笨手笨脚地拉下对方衣服的拉链、解开对方的纽扣、拉下对方的裤子,一边尴尬地咯咯笑一边为对方宽衣解带时,还是挺有趣的。