snicker

FREQ #43329

n. 窃笑 vi. 窃笑 vt. 窃笑着说

发音

UK /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/
AU
US /ˈsnɪkɚ/

词形变化

snickers 复数 snickered snickering snickers 三单 snickers snickering 现在分词 snickered 过去式 snickered 过去分词

别名

snigger

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stifled or broken laugh.

  2. 1.

    A player who snicks the ball.

    罕用 体育 游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To utter through a laugh of this kind.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To whinny.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

snort snigger

上位词 2

laugh laughter
动词

同义词 1

snigger

上位词 1

laugh

相关短语

snicker licker snicker lickers

词源

US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.

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