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smile

/smahyl/US // smaɪl //UK // (smaɪl) //

笑容,笑一笑,笑脸,笑话

Related Words

smirk傻笑,暗笑,冷笑,傻笑着laugh笑,大笑,欢笑,笑声grin咧嘴一笑,咧嘴笑,咧开嘴笑,咧嘴微笑beam桴桴鼓鼓,桴桴鼓动,桴鼓动,桴桴鼓鸣simper傻子,愚蠢的,傻傻分不清楚,愚蠢的人

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    smiled, smil·ing.

    • : to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
    • : to regard with favor: Luck smiled on us that night.
    • : to have a pleasant or agreeable appearance or aspect, as natural scenes, objects, etc.: The landscape smiled in the sunlight.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    smiled, smil·ing.

    • : to assume or give: She smiled a warm and friendly smile.
    • : to express by a smile: to smile approval.
    • : to bring, put, drive, etc., by or as by smiling: to smile one's tears away.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
    • : favor or kindly regard: fortune's smile.
    • : a pleasant or agreeable appearance, look, or aspect.
  1. 1
    • : smile at, to regard with pleasure or amusement, as with a smile.to regard with mild derision: to smile at someone's affectations.

Phrases

  • smile on
  • crack a smile

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbput on a happy expression
Forms: smiled, smiles, smiling
Synonyms
beam桴桴鼓鼓,桴桴鼓动,桴鼓动,桴桴鼓鸣grin咧嘴一笑,咧嘴笑,咧开嘴笑,咧嘴微笑laugh笑,大笑,欢笑,笑声smirk傻笑,暗笑,冷笑,傻笑着simper傻子,愚蠢的,傻傻分不清楚,愚蠢的人be gracious开恩,开诚布公,开恩吧,开恩了express friendliness表示友好,表达友好,表达友好态度,表达友善express tenderness表达柔情,表达温柔,撒娇look amused面带笑意,面带喜色,面带微笑,面带笑容look delighted欢欣鼓舞的样子,欣喜若狂,喜形于色,欢欣鼓舞look happy面带喜色,面带微笑,欢喜的样子,欢欣鼓舞的样子look pleased喜形于色,欢喜的样子,欢欣鼓舞的样子,欣慰的样子

Examples

  • Someone who has a great smile, knows what he wants and is driven by his passions.

  • The price she’s paid for getting everything she ever wanted is written into her coquette’s smile, and it’s the saddest sight in the world.

  • Service people were told to plaster a smile onto their faces.

  • Ally noticed his smile right away and took it as a “good sign.”

  • Brace responded to her ire with a friendly smile and wished her a blessed day.

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.

  • He was grabbing my hips and he was pouring with perspiration and he had this cheesy smile.

  • At this point Marvin gives his Liberty Valance smile, the kind that makes you wish you could disintegrate in front of him.

  • Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.

  • Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.

  • The moon seemed to smile on him; the aurora appeared to dance with unwonted vigour, as if in glee; the very stars winked at him!

  • One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

  • A smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.

  • This unreasoning, feminine obstinacy so wrought upon him that he permitted himself a smile and a lapse into irony and banter.

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