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sardonic adj.讥讽的；嘲笑的；冷笑的 (1) 她脸上有一种嘲讽的表情。(2) 在斯开普顿的作品里几乎听不到萨蒂那种讥讽的智慧。(3) 在他嘲笑的眼神中，她的声音慢慢低下去。(4) 克里奥尔又开始了，这次几乎是在嘲笑。(5) 他挺直了身体，依旧冷冷地微笑。 Sardonic comes from the Greek adjective Sardonios, which actually describes a plant from a place called Sardinia that supposedly made your face contort into a horrible grin...right before you died from its poison. The Greeks used sardonic for laughter, but we only use it when someone's humor is also mocking or ironic.

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英 [sɑː'dɒnɪk] 美 [sɑːr'dɑːnɪk] (1) There was a sardonic expression on her face.(2) There is little of Satie's sardonic wit to be heard in Skempton's works.(3) Her voice faded away at the sardonic gleam in his eyes.(4) Creole started into something else, it was almost sardonic.(5) He held himself erect, and his face wore its customary sardonic smile. If someone is being scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]冷嘲的；讥讽的 If you describe someone as sardonic, you mean their attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical.   [usu ADJ n]...a big, sardonic man, who intimidated his students.令学生胆怯的身材魁梧、爱嘲讽人的男人...a sardonic sense of humour.冷嘲式的幽默感sardonicallyHe grinned sardonically and bowed towards her.他咧嘴讪笑，并朝她鞠了一躬。

英语单词	sardonic
英美音标	英 [sɑː'dɒnɪk] 美 [sɑːr'dɑːnɪk]
中文释义	adj.讥讽的；嘲笑的；冷笑的
英语例句	(1) There was a sardonic expression on her face. (2) There is little of Satie's sardonic wit to be heard in Skempton's works. (3) Her voice faded away at the sardonic gleam in his eyes. (4) Creole started into something else, it was almost sardonic. (5) He held himself erect, and his face wore its customary sardonic smile.
中文例句	(1) 她脸上有一种嘲讽的表情。 (2) 在斯开普顿的作品里几乎听不到萨蒂那种讥讽的智慧。 (3) 在他嘲笑的眼神中，她的声音慢慢低下去。 (4) 克里奥尔又开始了，这次几乎是在嘲笑。 (5) 他挺直了身体，依旧冷冷地微笑。
vocabulary简明	If someone is being scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic.
vocabulary扩展	Sardonic comes from the Greek adjective Sardonios, which actually describes a plant from a place called Sardinia that supposedly made your face contort into a horrible grin...right before you died from its poison. The Greeks used sardonic for laughter, but we only use it when someone's humor is also mocking or ironic.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]冷嘲的；讥讽的 If you describe someone as sardonic, you mean their attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical. [usu ADJ n] ...a big, sardonic man, who intimidated his students. 令学生胆怯的身材魁梧、爱嘲讽人的男人 ...a sardonic sense of humour. 冷嘲式的幽默感 sardonically He grinned sardonically and bowed towards her. 他咧嘴讪笑，并朝她鞠了一躬。

Sardonic Face Mocking Humorous 英 Sɑː'Dɒnɪk] 美 Sɑːr'dɑːnɪk Adj.讥讽的；嘲笑的；冷笑的