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Sneer Middle 13113.Sneer 英 Snɪə]美 Snɪr 释义 Vi

正面 13113.sneer
英 [snɪə]美 [snɪr]

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释义:
vi. 嘲笑,冷笑vt. 嘲笑,冷笑n. 嘲笑,冷笑
例句:
1. Canete's mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer.卡内特傲慢而轻蔑地撇了撇嘴。

1、equ- => eg- ( qu -> g ) + -al + itarian(-ite,-ary与-an复合后缀).
sneer 嘲笑,讥讽来自辅音丛 sn-,鼻子,闻,嗅,发鼻音,比较 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.引申词义嘲笑, 讥讽。
sneer (v.)1550s, "to snort" (of horses), perhaps from North Frisian sneere "to scorn," related to Old English fnæran "to snort, gnash one's teeth," of imitative origin (compare Danish snærre "to grin like a dog," Middle Dutch, Middle High German snarren "to rattle"). Meaning "to smile contemptuously" is from 1670s; sense of "to curl the upper lip in scorn" is attested from 1775. Related: Sneered; sneering. Sneer word is in E. Digby Baltzell (1987).sneer (n.)1707, from sneer (v.)."

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