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sneerer

/sneer/US // snɪər //UK // (snɪə) //

打喷嚏的人,打喷嚏者,喷嚏者,打嚏的人

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
    • : to speak or write in a manner expressive of derision or scorn.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter or say in a sneering manner.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
    • : a derisive or scornful utterance, especially one more or less covert or insinuative.
    • : an act of sneering.

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Examples

  • He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.

  • And Hitler looking like such a lout, a drunken lout, with that sort of ignorant sneer.

  • The typical sneer was that Obama had never even run a candy store.

  • The Internet might sneer at Monarch, but all press is good press, after all.

  • The serious magazines felt similarly behooved to weigh in, also largely to sneer.

  • "Reassure yourself," answered Marius, with a sneer, a greyness that was of jealous rage overspreading his face.

  • Amateurs will perhaps sneer at these cynical maxims, but each can learn from them what he wishes.

  • "Doubtless you are very well off, Mr. Jock," Pauline continued, and this time the sneer in her voice was hardly veiled.

  • Westmacott moved a step or two forward, a swagger unmistakable in his gait, his nether-lip thrust out in a sneer.

  • He did not look at Cash, but he felt morbidly that Cash was regarding him with that hateful sneer hidden under his beard.