c. 1500, probably imitative. Related: Giggled; giggling; giggly. As a noun from 1570s.
权威例句
1. I might buy one for a friend's birthday as a giggle.
我可能会买一件送给朋友当生日礼物,逗他开心。
2. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
他赶紧捂住嘴,不让自己笑出声来。
3. I desperately fought the urge to giggle.
我拼命地想忍住笑。
4. She gave a little giggle.
她咯咯地笑了一声。
5. She gave a little girlish giggle.
她像个小女孩一样咯咯地笑了笑。
词语辨析
【giggle, laugh, chuckle, roar, sneer, beam, jeer, grin】
这组词都有“笑”的意思,其区别是:
giggle: v.咯咯地笑,痴笑,傻笑,多指女人和孩子由于紧张、被逗乐、尴尬时所发出的笑声。
• The schoolgirls giggled when the famous football player walkedsintostheir classroom. 当这个著名的足球运动员走进教室时,女生们都咯咯地笑起来。
laugh: v.笑,大笑,用于一般的笑或出声的大笑。
chuckle: v. (书面语)吃吃的笑,抿嘴笑,轻声笑,多指因得意或领会到某事中的趣味而暗自发笑。
• She does not laugh out loud; she only chuckles. 她没有笑出声来,只是抿嘴而笑。
roar: v.怒吼,咆哮,引申为放声大笑,哄堂大笑。
• He roared when he heard the joke. 听完这个笑话,他哈哈大笑。
sneer: v.冷笑,嘲笑,指以语言、表情、和声调表示轻蔑或嘲弄。
• He sneered at the offer and said it was two low. 他对报价嗤之以鼻,说它太低了。
beam: v.本义指照耀,放光,引申为"微笑",是正式用语,指面带喜悦或笑容,暗示对他人的友好或内心的满足。
• She beamed with happiness. 她高兴得眉开眼笑。
jeer: v.讥笑,嘲笑,其同义词是mock。
• The crowd jeered when the boxer was knocked down. 当那个拳手被人打倒时,人群开始嘲笑他。
grin: v.露齿而笑,指人因高兴、满足、轻蔑等咧开嘴露齿地笑。
• He grinned at his mother. 他冲他的妈妈咧嘴一笑。