Sardonic
[sɑː'dɒnɪk] or [sɑr'dɑnɪk]
解释:
(adj.) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; 'his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists'- Frank Schoenberner; 'a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing'- Irwin Edman .
编辑:卡罗尔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
校对:莎娜
解释:
adj. forced heartless or bitter said of a forced unmirthful laugh—(obs.) Sardō′nian.—adv. Sardon′ically.
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例句:
- His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- His face flickered with sardonic comprehension. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The wounded, sardonic young man moved away, ignoring his bleeding hand in the most conspicuous fashion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- One of them turned toward me with a sardonic smile upon his thin, cruel lips--it was Zat Arras. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The young man stood looking down at her with sardonic contempt, a cowed, self-conscious look on his thick, pale face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Mr. Sillerton Jackson stretched his ankles nearer the coals and emitted a sardonic whistle. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Go on, sir, he said, with sardonic gravity. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Gerald looked with a long, twinkling, almost sardonic look into the eyes of the other man. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Take it as a rule, this sardonic old Eaves would say, the fathers and elder sons of all great families hate each other. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He was looking at me gravely and intently: at me, or rather at my pink dress--sardonic comment on which gleamed in his eye. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Gudrun, who was usually frightened of cattle, now shook her head in a queer, half-doubtful, half-sardonic motion, a faint smile round her mouth. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Their eyes met; and they exchanged a sardonic understanding. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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