Sneer



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.嘲笑, 鄙视
• ［英］ v.嘲笑, 鄙视 ( express scorn or contempt)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: probably akin to Middle High German snerren to chatter, gossip — more at snore
• Date: 1680
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to smile or laugh with facial contortions that express scorn or contempt
  • 2. to speak or write in a scornfully jeering manner
• transitive verb
  • to utter with a sneer
• Synonyms: see scoff
• ? sneerer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1707
• the act of sneering; also a sneering expression or remark

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