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词汇 snigger
释义 snigger
verb[ I ]
mainly UKuk /ˈsnɪɡ.ər/ us /ˈsnɪɡ.ɚ/(US usuallysnicker)
to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way: 暗笑,窃笑
They spent half the time sniggering at the clothes people were wearing.他们有一半时间都在偷偷取笑人们穿的衣服。
What are you two sniggering at/about?你们两个在偷偷笑什么?
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to laugh
laughThe children were laughing at the cartoons.
chuckleShe was chuckling as she read the letter.
giggleThe girls were giggling at the back of the classroom.
sniggerThey sniggered at what she was wearing.
snickerUSStop snickering at that rude joke and get back to your classwork.
chortleShe chortled with glee at the news.
He sniggered quietly to himself.
Schoolchildren snigger at the mention of some words.
Stop sniggering at the back of the class please!
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
crease
dissolve
gale
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper
snigger
noun[ C ]
mainly UKuk /ˈsnɪɡ.ər/ us /ˈsnɪɡ.ɚ/(US usuallysnicker)
the act of laughing at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way:
We were having a snigger at the bride who was rather large and dressed in a tight, pale pink dress.
There aren't many words which raise a snigger every time they're mentioned.
Few other men in public life could say those words without provoking sniggers of disbelief in his audience.
After half-an-hour of suppressing my sniggers at this drivel, I couldn't understand why nobody else was laughing.
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
crease
dissolve
gale
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper

Examples of snigger


snigger
I thought that he had been cured of his sniggering during the earlier debates this afternoon.
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I remember one or two of them sniggering at us.
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They were sniggered at by the employers, who stood on the other side of the street.
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I am not sniggering at it or ridiculing it in any way.
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I can see sneers and sniggers on their faces.
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He wants to continue sniggering?
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I was not sniggering in the least.
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They were both happy with the arrangement, ignoring the sniggers from other residents of the street.
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They are prepared to sit and snigger among themselves.
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Conservatives may snigger and dispute that, but in a modern age it is a human right to have the essential lifeline of a telephone.
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When we ask for physical controls or controlled ownership, it sets up a snigger or a laugh: the comment is.
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I do not believe that this is a matter that we can avoid with a nudge and a snigger.
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I do not know whether those who snigger have even opened its covers.
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I wish him well with that venture because people tend to snigger when one refers to the problems that those who are grossly overweight can suffer.
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The film makes you snigger, and then you snigger at yourself for doing as much at something so obviously silly and raunchy.
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