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Smile Simper Silly Affected Coy Simpə V.痴笑,傻笑 英

单词 simper
音标 ['simpə]
解释 v.痴笑,傻笑
红宝书 【英】 v.微笑,假笑 (to smile in a silly manner)
【考】 simper : smile / babble : talk(傻笑和笑/说傻话和 说)
【记】 可能是simple(蠢的) +laughter(笑)的缩合
字源 simper (v.)
1560s, "to smile in an affected and silly way," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (such as dialectal Danish semper "affected, coy, prudish") or Middle Dutch zimperlijk "affected, coy, prim," of unknown origin. Related: Simpered; simpering. As a noun, 1590s, from the verb.
不择手段背单词 v. /n. (不自然的忸怩地)傻笑
【记】源于: simple(adj 简单的; 天真的), 天真的笑, 有点儿傻!
【类】simper: smile = babble: talk傻笑对笑 = 说傻话对说
趣味全助记 【记】simple + er 简单,纯朴的人总爱傻笑

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