| 单词 | snigger |
| 释义 | snig·ger /ˈsnɪɡə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] British EnglishLAUGH to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny 暗笑，窃笑 SYN American English snickersnigger at What are you sniggering at? This is a serious poem. 你偷笑什么？ 这是一首严肃的诗。► see thesaurus at laugh —snigger noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussnigger• Ruth tripped and fell as she walked up the steps. The boys behind her sniggered.• Once, a dealer at Harvard Securities admitted to a director that he had been paid twice, and the director sniggered.• The one with the thinning blonde hair made a remark at which the second man sniggered.• Ballantyne sniggered and Mitchell chuckled too.• Katie sniggered and snorted and even Graham smiled.• He sniggered and walked from the burning drum.• They were all too kind to snigger but Suzi distinctly saw fat Luiza shrug her shoulders in a gesture of fatalistic despair.• No one sniggered when football coaches, business executives and politicians became fairer haired.Origin snigger (1700-1800) snickersnig·ger verbChineseSyllable is quietly that a Corpus in laugh to way not nice |
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