sardonic
sardonic 英 [sɑ:ˈdɒnɪk] 美 [sɑrˈdɑnɪk]
adj. 讽刺的；嘲笑的，冷笑的
- If someone is being scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic.
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- adj. 讽刺的；嘲笑的，冷笑的
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1. No one of that new wave generation made more films than Chabrol, or so many that were sardonic at best, routine at worst.
新浪潮的那一代人没有谁拍的电影多过夏布洛尔，或者他的电影多到，好的具有嘲讽性，差的就很普通。
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2. One of the charms of the world's most famous painting is that she appears radiant one moment and then serious and sardonic the next.
世界最著名的油画《蒙娜·丽莎》的魅力之一，就是蒙娜·丽莎有时看起来笑容可掬，而有时却严肃而面带嘲讽之色。
- sardonic (adj.) "apparently but not really proceeding from gaiety," 1630s, from French sardonique (16c.), from Latin sardonius (but as if from Latin *sardonicus) in Sardonius risus, loan-translation of Greek sardonios (gelos) "of bitter or scornful (laughter)," altered from Homeric sardanios (of uncertain origin) by influence of Sardonios "Sardinian," because the Greeks believed that eating a certain plant they called sardonion (literally "plant from Sardinia," see Sardinia) caused facial convulsions resembling those of sardonic laughter, usually followed by death. For nuances of usage, see humor (n.). Earlier in same sense sardonian (1580s), from Latin sardonius. Related: Sardonically.
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