chuckle
英 [ˈtʃʌkl]
美 [ˈtʃʌkl]
v. 低声轻笑; 轻声地笑
n. 轻笑声
过去式：chuckled 现在分词：chuckling 复数：chuckles 第三人称单数：chuckles 过去分词：chuckled
Collins.1 / BNC.8251 / COCA.6334
同义词辨析
smilechucklegigglegrinlaughsnigger【导航词义：笑】
smilev. 微笑
〔辨析〕
普通用词，通常指因开心、愉快等而嘴角上扬、面带笑容。
〔例证〕
The baby began to smile.
婴儿开始微笑了。
She smiled at him sweetly.
她冲他甜甜地微笑。
The winner was smiling broadly.
获胜者开怀大笑。
婴儿开始微笑了。
She smiled at him sweetly.
她冲他甜甜地微笑。
The winner was smiling broadly.
获胜者开怀大笑。
chucklev. 轻声地笑，窃笑
〔辨析〕
指低声轻笑或暗自发笑。
〔例证〕
He chuckled and picked up his glass for another sip.
他轻声笑了起来，又拿起酒杯喝了一口。
He chuckled while reading the funny story.
他一面读着滑稽小说，一面暗自发笑。
What are you chuckling about?
你在偷笑什么？
他轻声笑了起来，又拿起酒杯喝了一口。
He chuckled while reading the funny story.
他一面读着滑稽小说，一面暗自发笑。
What are you chuckling about?
你在偷笑什么？
gigglev. 咯咯地笑，傻笑
〔辨析〕
指因觉得好笑、尴尬或紧张而傻傻地笑。
〔例证〕
The girls were giggling when John passed by.
约翰走过时，姑娘们傻笑了起来。
The funny story made her giggle.
那个有趣的故事使她咯咯地笑了起来。
约翰走过时，姑娘们傻笑了起来。
The funny story made her giggle.
那个有趣的故事使她咯咯地笑了起来。
grinv. 咧着嘴笑
〔辨析〕
指在高兴等时咧嘴、露齿而笑。
〔例证〕
The joke made him grin from ear to ear.
这则笑话逗得他笑得合不拢嘴。
He grinned happily.
他快乐地咧着嘴笑。
这则笑话逗得他笑得合不拢嘴。
He grinned happily.
他快乐地咧着嘴笑。
laughv. 大笑，哈哈笑
〔辨析〕
通常指因认为某事有趣而出声大笑。
〔例证〕
The pupils are jumping and laughing in the playground.
学生们在操场上又跳又笑。
She laughed a hearty laugh while listening to Mike's jokes.
听着迈克的笑话，她开怀地笑着。
学生们在操场上又跳又笑。
She laughed a hearty laugh while listening to Mike's jokes.
听着迈克的笑话，她开怀地笑着。
sniggerv. 〈英〉暗笑，窃笑
〔辨析〕
指不出声地偷笑，含讽刺、不尊重之意。
〔例证〕
What are you sniggering at? It's a serious affair.
你偷笑什么？这是一件严肃的事。
I felt that I had been insulted and sniggered at.
我觉得我受到了侮辱和讥笑。
你偷笑什么？这是一件严肃的事。
I felt that I had been insulted and sniggered at.
我觉得我受到了侮辱和讥笑。
牛津词典
verb
- 低声轻笑；轻声地笑
to laugh quietly- She chuckled at the memory.
想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
- She chuckled at the memory.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 低声轻笑;偷笑
When youchuckle, you laugh quietly.- The banker chuckled and said, 'Of course not.'...
银行家暗自发笑并说道：“当然不。” - He chuckled at her forthrightness.
她的直率让他窃笑。 - Chuckleis also a noun.
- He gave a little chuckle.
他轻声一笑。
- The banker chuckled and said, 'Of course not.'...
英英释义
noun
- a soft partly suppressed laugh
verb
- laugh quietly or with restraint
双语例句
- I'm so into you that I'm going to chuckle at everything you say!
我太喜欢你了，你说什么我都笑得咯咯的。 - My brother always chuckle when he reads a comic book.
我弟弟看漫画书的时候总是会吃吃地笑。 - To cackle or cluck, as a hen. Burton gave a kindly chuckle.
咯咯地叫，象母鸡一样伯顿和善地咯咯一笑。 - She gave a mean chuckle, but involuntarily lowered her voice slightly.
她恶意的笑了，可是不由她自己似的把声音稍放低了些。 - The bravo reddened, but Inkpots laughed aloud and Brown Ben went so far as to chuckle.
刺客的脸涨得通红，但是墨水瓶大笑而布朗·本边走远边笑。 - Hope you got your chuckle in, Justin, because you are now officially music's Boy Who Cried Wolf.
贾斯汀，希望你如愿在偷笑，因为你现在就是那个会叫狼来了的音乐男孩。 - But a chuckle saved him on the brink.
可是吃吃的一笑把他从井边救住了。 - But here in Pattaya, officials chuckle derisively at the notion that the city can be totally sanitized.
但是在芭堤雅，官员们对城市能够完全净化的想法嗤之以鼻。 - Chuckle at her& "You're so cute when you're mad".
她笑道，“你太可爱当你疯了”。 - The first nun leaves, and the fourth nun begins to chuckle quietly under her breath.
第一个修女走了，第四个修女悄悄发笑。