Simper
['sɪmpə] or ['sɪmpɚ]
解释:
(v. i.) To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
(v. i.) To glimmer; to twinkle.
(n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.
迪克整理
同义词及近义词：
v. n. Smile (affectedly), smirk.
n. Smirk, affected smile.
德洛丽丝校对
解释:
v.i. to smile in a silly affected manner.—n. a silly or affected smile.—n. Sim′perer one who simpers.—adj. Simp′ering.—adv. Sim′peringly in a simpering manner: with a foolish smile.
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例句:
- As for Tapeworm, the Charge d'Affaires, he rose up in his box and bowed and simpered, as if he would represent the whole empire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She simpered a little, affected extreme vexation and hesitation, and at last arrived at the conclusion that she supposed she must go. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Kitty simpered and smiled, and hoped her turn was coming soon. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Come, said another, let me untie your ugly mask; we are all so tired of looking at the nasty simpering expression of it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- There now, said Miss Steele, affectedly simpering, everybody laughs at me so about the Doctor, and I cannot think why. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Agnes, whom I should have liked to take myself, was given to a simpering fellow with weak legs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Lydgate's conceit was of the arrogant sort, never simpering, never impertinent, but massive in its claims and benevolently contemptuous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He simpers, and smirks, and makes love to us all. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
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