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各種笑的英語表達(dá)
笑是人們表達(dá)思想感情最常見的一種方式。中文里有關(guān)“笑”的詞匯非常豐富,比如“大笑”、“微笑”、“傻笑”、“笑容滿面”、“莞爾一笑”等等。中文詞匯如此生動多樣,那么在英語中有關(guān)“笑”的詞匯是否也同樣豐富呢?
1、Smile(微笑)
Smile是微笑,也是最常用的笑,它常給人留下美好的印象: give a soft smile/crack a smile 莞爾一笑,give a charming smile 嫣然一笑,give a faint smile 是淡淡一笑,give a false/crafty smile 是皮笑肉不笑的假笑。滿面笑容、咧嘴大笑是smile from ear to ear,笑容可掬是be radiant with smile,苦笑叫force a smile,他眉開眼笑就是His face melts in smiles.
2、Laugh(笑)
Laugh常表示出聲的笑,其程度要大于smile:哈哈大笑laugh heartily,傻笑是laugh foolishly,獰笑是laugh grimly,暗中竊笑是laugh in one’s sleeve/beard,笑掉大牙是laugh one’s head off,笑聲陣起是burst into laughter.
3、Grin(露齒而笑)
She was grinning with delight. 她高興得咧開嘴笑了。
4、Chuckle(含笑,輕聲笑)
He was chuckling to himself over what he was reading. 他對自己在讀的東西暗自發(fā)笑。
5、Giggle(咯咯地笑;傻笑)
I heard them giggle when I passed by the girls. 我走過那些女孩子身邊時,聽見她們咯咯地笑。
6、Roar(哄笑;大笑)
His jokes set the table in a roar. 他的笑語使?jié)M座哄堂大笑。
7、Snicker(忍笑;暗笑)[通常有不敬的成分]
On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering. 聽了他荒謬的意見,我忍不住笑著走開了。
8、Simper(假笑;癡笑;傻笑)
When I told him that news,he simply simpered. 當(dāng)我把那消息告訴他時,他只假笑了一下。
9、Cachinnate(放聲大笑)
He cachinnated till his sides ached. 他笑得肚皮都痛了。
10、Chortle(歡笑;哈哈大笑)
The children chortled all the time while they were hearing the story. 孩子們聽那個故事時,始終歡笑不止。