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snicker vi.窃笑n.窃笑 (1) 有人窃笑，它会不会是一个求爱信号。(2) 有人窃笑，它会不会是一个求爱信号。 Used indiscriminately with the word snigger, though snigger tends to have a more specifically sexual tone. As in, "I couldn't help but snicker when the Customs Officer said: 'Next time please declare your nuts.'" Try saying that without sniggering or snickering.

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英 ['snɪkə(r)] 美 ['snɪkər] (1) Could it be a sexual signal, some snicker.(2) Could it be a sexual signal, some snicker. A snicker is a disrespectful snort of half-suppressed laughter, often expressing superiority. We snicker at beauty queens talking about world peace, for example. 1[VERB 动词]窃笑；暗笑 If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way, for example at something rude or embarrassing.   [V at n]  [Also V]We all snickered at Mrs. Swenson.我们都暗暗嘲笑斯温森太太。Snicker is also a noun....a chorus of jeers and snickers.一阵嗤笑

英语单词	snicker
英美音标	英 ['snɪkə(r)] 美 ['snɪkər]
中文释义	vi.窃笑 n.窃笑
英语例句	(1) Could it be a sexual signal, some snicker. (2) Could it be a sexual signal, some snicker.
中文例句	(1) 有人窃笑，它会不会是一个求爱信号。 (2) 有人窃笑，它会不会是一个求爱信号。
vocabulary简明	A snicker is a disrespectful snort of half-suppressed laughter, often expressing superiority. We snicker at beauty queens talking about world peace, for example.
vocabulary扩展	Used indiscriminately with the word snigger, though snigger tends to have a more specifically sexual tone. As in, "I couldn't help but snicker when the Customs Officer said: 'Next time please declare your nuts.'" Try saying that without sniggering or snickering.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]窃笑；暗笑 If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way, for example at something rude or embarrassing. [V at n] [Also V] We all snickered at Mrs. Swenson. 我们都暗暗嘲笑斯温森太太。 Snicker is also a noun. ...a chorus of jeers and snickers. 一阵嗤笑

Snicker Sexual Signal 有人窃笑，它会不会是一个求爱信号 Disrespectful 英 Snɪkə(R)] 美 Snɪkər