Chortle
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. / n. 开心地笑
- ［英］ v. / n. 开心地笑 ( utter with a gleeful chuckling sound)
- ［例］ The audience chortled throughout the funny movie.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (chortled; chortling)
- Etymology: probably blend of chuckle and snort
- Date: 1872
- intransitive verb
- 1. to sing or chant exultantly <he chortled in his joy — Lewis Carroll
- 2. to laugh or chuckle especially in satisfaction or exultation
- transitive verb
- to say or sing with a chortling intonation
- ? chortle noun
- ? chortler noun
