snigger
snigger 英 [ˈsnɪgə(r)] 美 [ˈsnɪɡɚ]
n. 窃笑；偷偷的笑 vi. 吃吃窃笑；暗笑
进行时:sniggering 过去式:sniggered 过去分词:sniggered 第三人称单数:sniggers 名词复数:sniggers
- To snigger is to laugh scornfully, especially when you're trying to hide the fact that you're laughing. Kids might snigger when the biggest show-off in class falls over backward in his seat.
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- n. 窃笑；偷偷的笑
- vi. 吃吃窃笑；暗笑
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1. "She has always wanted to visit the French Ministry, " he added with a snigger.
“她早就想参观一下法国的魔法部。” 他接着说道，轻笑了一下。
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2. We tend to snigger at anyone or anything that suggests we take sex too seriously, let alone explore the potential for sex to be mind-altering.
任何将性爱太当真的行为都让我们窃笑不已，更别说去用性爱来改变心态。
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3. Newspaper headlines regularly snigger at writers "beating off stiff competition" or, when I won the prize in 2006 for my debut novel: "First timer takes sex award".
报纸的大标题常常会揶揄作者，像是“艰难获胜”，又比如，在我的第一部作品于2006年获得该奖时，新闻标题是“处女作获得性爱大奖”。
- snigger (v.) 1706, variant form of snicker (v.). Related: Sniggered; sniggering. As a noun from 1823.
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