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词汇 smirking
释义 smirking
present participle ofsmirk
smirk
verb[ I or T ]
 disapprovinguk /smɜːk/ us /smɝːk/
to smile in a way that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something, or knowing something that is not known by someone else: 假笑;傻笑;得意地笑
I don't like the way he winks and smirks at me whenever he sees me.我不喜欢他每次看到我时一边眨眼睛一边得意地笑。
He smirked his way through the interview.整个面试过程中他都在得意地笑。
Compare
simperverb
What are you smirking at?
The defendant appeared to be sniggering and smirking.
He will spend his three minutes of glory smirking triumphantly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Laughing and smiling
a gleam in your eyeidiom
amused
be all smilesidiom
be in convulsionsidiom
be rolling in the aislesidiom
be wreathed in smilesidiom
burst
cheesy
crease
dissolve
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper

Examples of smirking


smirking

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I do not think that water coming through someone's roof is a matter for smirking.
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In fact, they have both been smirking their way through these debates and through radio and television studios.
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It is no use his smirking in his usual amiable way.
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I shall deal with that simply, without her smirking about it.
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Perhaps smirking is his only contribution to housing.
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Instead of smirking, it is about time that he invested something in the peace process, which is a great deal more important.
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They are sitting there smirking and laughing all the way to the bank.
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Neither smirking nor gnashing of teeth will help to prove its nutritional value.
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They have been reading books, laughing or smirking.
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The smirking grin on his face at that time certainly conveyed a different impression to my mind.
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I was not smirking but doubting his statements.
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His rather smirking attitude to what was meant by the phrase "best endeavours" was particularly disagreeable to us.
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He is smiling and smirking even now.
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Smirking, he carries out this threat, but no ink escapes; apparently, the pen is empty.
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The head features a face-switching gimmick, with a choice of straight-faced or smirking.
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