rictus

/rik-tuhs/US // ˈrɪk təs //UK // (ˈrɪktəs) //

狂妄自大,狂妄,狂妄自大的人,狂妄的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ric·tus, ric·tus·es.
- : the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- : the gaping or opening of the mouth.

The lovely lips twisted into a rictus sneer, frightening on that smooth young face, until she got them under control.
Then his mouth twisted in a rictus of dreadful mirth, so wrung was he with pain, yet so overcome by what he had seen.
Vargus grinned suddenly, a momentary rictus that came and went, utterly horrible.
Rictus ampli, ad mandibul superioris basin vibrissis rigidis armati.
He lay back on the pillows again, with a smile that was twisted into a rictus of agony as a twinge wrung the injured limb.