在每个人的日常生活中,千变万化的笑容如影随行。今天你笑了吗?可能清晨起来你笑嘻嘻smile broadly,笑眯眯with a genial smile on one’s face看一眼心爱的宠物狗就出门了。一开机收到好友短信祝你笑颜常开be always beaming with smiles,于是立刻感觉生活中处处是欢声笑语cheerful chatting and laughter。一进教学楼保安小刚笑脸相迎greet somebody with a genial smile,赔笑脸smile obsequiously or apologetically问你借个小二百寄给家乡的小芳。你正欲找个堂而皇之的理由一口回拒,迎面走来你最不屑见到的同志笑面虎an outwardly kind but inwardly cruel person,这厮笑里藏刀show a gentle and friendly expression but nurse a vicious intent问咋一贯豪爽的你这会不肯救急了,你怕此情此景被以讹传讹传为笑柄be spread as a standing joke,被人笑话make a fool of oneself on the spot and make others laugh,于是违心掏出本欲欢乐今宵的两张大团结摔给小刚。 其实英语中表达笑的词汇相当丰富。有别于汉语中用不同的定语、状语来描绘出不同的笑态,英语有不少动词本身就是含有特定意义的笑,如不了解一二将这些词错用在不恰当的场合就会incur the ridicule of experts贻笑大方了:grin表示咧嘴而笑、或露齿而笑,guffaw是哄堂大笑,smirk是傻笑,twitter是尴尬的笑,sneer是冷笑,ridicule和deride是嘲笑,mock是耻笑,haw-haw表示哈哈,cackle,chortle,giggle和chuckle都表示咯咯地笑:cackle是母鸡般傻乎乎的咯咯笑,chortle是欢快的咯咯笑,giggle是自然开怀的咯咯笑,chuckle是轻声的近似吃吃的笑。
但如果那么多复杂的笑你一时难以消化,那就学好英美人最常用的笑laugh和smile是:Laugh常表示出声的笑,其程度要大于smile:哈哈大笑laugh heartily,大声狂笑horse laugh,傻笑是laugh foolishly,狞笑是laugh grimly,暗中窃笑称laugh in one’s sleeve/ beard,笑掉大牙是laugh one’s head off,笑声阵起是burst into laughter,我们笑得好开心喔不妨作We had a good laugh。
Smile是微笑,它常给人留下美好的印象:give a soft smile莞尔一笑,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。满面笑容是smile from ear to ear,笑容可掬是be radiant with smile,苦笑叫force a smile,强颜欢笑是squeeze a smile,满脸堆笑是conjure up a smile,他眉开眼笑就是His face melts in smiles.
太笑有助于我们在纷繁世事中保持一份宁静、喜悦的心情,谨以三句关于笑的谚语相赠,愿大家笑口常开,笑声常在。
He is not laughed at who laughs at himself first. 敢于自嘲的人不会见笑于人。
Laugh and grow fat. 笑使人心宽体胖。
He laughs best who laughs last. 笑在最后的人笑得最好。 |
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