simper
simper 英 [ˈsɪmpə(r)] 美 [ˈsɪmpɚ]
n. 假笑；傻笑 vi. 假笑 vt. 假笑着说
进行时:simpering 过去式:simpered 过去分词:simpered 第三人称单数:simpers 名词复数:simpers
- To simper means to smile in an artificial, coy or self-conscious way. If you hope to please someone by simpering, you may wind up annoying him or her.
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- n. 假笑；傻笑
- vi. 假笑
- vt. 假笑着说
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1. Please, young women, smile or simper or smirk or grin, glower or glare, or just mope about if you like, but for the love of God, please put away the duck face。
年轻女性们，求你们了，微笑、傻笑、假笑或露齿而笑，怒视或瞪视，或者如果你愿意，漫无目的地闲逛都行，看在上帝的份上，别摆那张鸭子脸了。
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2. Don't stop to quirk your little finger and simper over your plate, Amy, " cried Jo, choking on her tea and dropping her bread, butter side down, on the carpet in her haste to get at the treat.
别停下来弯起你的小手指边吃边傻笑，艾美，”乔嚷道，她因为急不可耐地要听信，被茶噎了一口，涂了奶油的面包也掉落到地毯上。
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3. How long should we simper like this?
我们还要像这样傻笑多久？
- simper (v.) 1560s, "to smile in an affected and silly way," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (such as dialectal Danish semper "affected, coy, prudish") or Middle Dutch zimperlijk "affected, coy, prim," of unknown origin. Related: Simpered; simpering. As a noun, 1590s, from the verb.
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