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单词 snigger
释义
sniggersnig‧ger /ˈsnɪɡə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsnigger
Origin:
1700-1800 snicker
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
snigger
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theysnigger
he, she, itsniggers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysniggered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave sniggered
he, she, ithas sniggered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad sniggered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill snigger
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have sniggered
Continuous Form
PresentIam sniggering
he, she, itis sniggering
you, we, theyare sniggering
PastI, he, she, itwas sniggering
you, we, theywere sniggering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been sniggering
he, she, ithas been sniggering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been sniggering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be sniggering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been sniggering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Ruth tripped and fell as she walked up the steps. The boys behind her sniggered.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Ballantyne sniggered and Mitchell chuckled too.
  • He sniggered and walked from the burning drum.
  • Katie sniggered and snorted and even Graham smiled.
  • No one sniggered when football coaches, business executives and politicians became fairer haired.
  • 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.
  • They were all too kind to snigger but Suzi distinctly saw fat Luiza shrug her shoulders in a gesture of fatalistic despair.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny: · He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed: · A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.· She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny: · He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.· ‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed: · Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone: · As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.· schoolboys tittering over a magazine
to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice: · I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice: · Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together: · His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
laughing so much that you cannot stop: · It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself: · The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way: · The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.
Longman Language Activatorto laugh in a cruel or nasty way
to laugh or make unkind jokes about someone, because you think they are stupid or silly: · The other children laughed at Lisa because her clothes were old-fashioned.· At first I was terrified of being laughed at.
British /snicker American to laugh quietly at something that is not supposed to be funny, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed: · Ruth tripped and fell as she walked up the steps. The boys behind her sniggered.· As he walked across the stage, Billy could hear people snickering and whispering.
to make someone or something seem stupid by laughing at them, or by saying things that make other people laugh at them: · Stop making fun of me!· The other girls used to make fun of the way she spoke.
if a group of people jeer at someone in a public place, they laugh unkindly at that person and shout rude things at them: · The boys jeered as she ran away.· He was booed and jeered by the spectators when he argued with the umpire.jeer at: · After the match the crowd were all jeering at him.
 British English to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny SYN snicker American Englishsnigger at What are you sniggering at? This is a serious poem.► see thesaurus at laugh—snigger noun [countable]
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