英:[ˈtʃʌkl]
美:[ˈtʃʌkl]
英:[ˈtʃʌkl]
美:[ˈtʃʌkl]
chuck·le
chuh kl
复数:chuckles
第三人称单数:chuckles
现在分词:chuckling
过去式:chuckled
过去分词:chuckled
chucklingly (adv.), chuckler (n.)
intransitive verb
to laugh softly or in a half-suppressed manner.The film was mildly funny, and we chuckled here and there.She was annoyed that he merely chuckled when she told him her plans.
to cluck, as a hen.
noun
a soft or half-suppressed laugh.The birthday card elicited a few chuckles at it was passed around the table.He gave a chuckle in response to our question but made no reply.
这组词都有“笑”的意思,其区别是:
gigglev.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。
laughv.笑,大笑,用于一般的笑或出声的大笑。
chucklev. (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。
roarv.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。
sneerv.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。
beamv.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。
jeerv.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。
grinv.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。
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1590年代,“大声笑”,是中古英语 chukken “发出咯咯声”(14世纪晚期)的频繁形式,源于模拟。1803年,意思转变为“用压抑的笑声笑,通过抑制的笑声表达内心的满足感”。相关: Chuckled; chuckling。
probably frequentative of chuck >entry 1
The first known use of chuckle was circa 1770
circle1 of 2noun
ring entry 1 sense 3
a line segment that is curved so that its ends meet and every point on the line is equally far away from a single point inside
the flat surface enclosed by a circle
something in the form of a circle
a traffic circle
cycle entry 1 sense 2a, round
the wheel had come full circle
a group of people sharing a common interest
our circle of friends
circle2 of 2verb
to enclose in or as if in a circle the trees circling our little house
circle the correct answer
to move or revolve around satellites circling the earth
the pilot circled the field
to move in or as if in a circle
the quarterback circled to the left
chuckleverb
to laugh in a quiet way
1 He chuckled and glanced back at us with an awkward assurance.
2 "Uh...great, thanks for asking," the man replies with a chuckle.
3 David chuckled at her and sped up, joining Shay at the front of the pack.
4 Mrs. Trotter was lowering herself to the sofa and chuckling.
5 As he passed me, I heard him chuckling at all of us.
6 The old man released him, chuckling, and Ranofer started back along the street.
7 Over her cooking, Mandy chuckled and sighed at the proper moments.
8 A low chuckle runs up and down the table, and conversation picks up again.
9 “Your Mama...she was smart too. Head was always in a book,” Daddy says, chuckling to himself.
10 As we went through the list, question by question, he started chuckling.
11 The next shot showed the famous real estate tycoon Heath Huxley chuckling, “Thanks for doing our digging, kids.”
12 Why not just level with them for a moment and have a little chuckle?
为什么不对他们说会儿实话,而是在一旁窃笑呢?
13 I chuckled uneasily and focused on lighting the lantern.
14 With a gleeful chuckle, Hold-Your-Nose Billy dropped the ransom note and the golden crown into a dirty linen sack.
15 “Same thing I put in yours,” she responded, chuckling.
16 Grave chuckled, sticking his gnarled fingers into the pockets of his worn and dirty pants.
17 I turned my back on him again, my fists tightening with his triumphant chuckles.
18 We lay there in the darloiess under quilts, our voices bouncing back from the bare walls; and we chuckled and had a great time talking about the miracles.
19 The goose had been listening to this conversation and chuckling to herself.
20 The tickle deep inside him kept him chuckling.
2 低能
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3 咯咯地笑
4 咯咯的笑
5 轻笑
6 迟钝的
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7 慢吞吞的
8 笨拙的
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10 迟钝
laggard fat-witted slow wooden gross dumb dull dim inactive blunt opaque numb sluggish lymphatic inert insensitive bovine musty crass obtuse lumpish torpid dopey slow-witted Boeotian purblind stick-in-the-mud blockish logy unapt blate inconscient stockish clotty dumpish cowish thick dully rust opacity inertia phlegm dullness torpor insensibility hebetate opiate constipate deaden bate
11 低能的
weak-headed lunchie lunch wanting feeble half-baked low-energy imbecile half-assed subhuman fatuous subnormal weak-minded dullish simpleminded feebleminded
12 作咯咯声
17 笨拙
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