英音[‘bitə]；美音[‘bitə]adj.1.苦涩的，有苦味的2.难以接受的，引起悲伤的，不受欢迎的3.引起bitterly、感觉、或显示出季度，憎恶的4.严寒的不名词：辛酸，苦味，苦酒词形变化：形容词比较级：bitterer，bitterest；副词：bitterly；名词：bitterness；时态：bittered，bittering，bitters。同义词：bitinglyly，piercingly；acerb，acerbic，acid，acrid，blistering，caustic，sulfurous，sulphurous，venomous，virulent，vitriolic；ness；biting；acrimonious。
笑的不同方式 单词： *cackle 意为讨厌地嘎嘎大笑，尤指高声笑。如： They all cackled with delight. 他们都高兴得嘎嘎地笑。 *chuckle 意为轻声笑，尤指想到滑稽事时发笑。如： She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她暗自发笑。 *giggle 意为开心、难堪或紧张时发笑。如： The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。 *guffaw 意为哄笑、狂笑、大笑。如： They all guffawed at his jokes. 他们听了他的笑话都一阵狂笑。 *roar 意为放声大笑，常用为roar with laughter。如： He looked so funny, we all roared with laughter. 他看上去那么滑稽，我们都哈哈大笑。 *snigger/snicker 意为窃笑、暗笑，尤指对无礼行为或因他人的问题或错误发笑。如： What are you sniggering at? 你偷偷笑呢？ *titter 意为窃笑，尤指紧张或尴尬地笑。如： That’s enough of your titters, girls! 姑娘们，别再傻笑了！ 词组：
1. crack a smile 展颜微笑，莞尔一笑 The man was willing to do anything to make his wife crack a smile. (为了让他的妻子展颜微笑，他愿意做任何事情。)
2. laugh a hearty laugh/laugh heartily 放声大笑，开怀大笑 Upon hearing that he had won the lottery, the man laughed heartily. (知道自己中奖了，这个男人开怀大笑。)
3. force a smile 强作欢颜 At the funeral, he forced a smile for anyone who offered condolences. (在葬礼上，他强颜欢笑面对前来吊唁的人。)
4. a saccharine smile 谄笑，谄媚的笑 When he talks to his boss, he puts on a saccharine smile. (他跟老板说话的，满脸都是谄媚的假笑。)
5. smile bitterly 苦笑 The student smiled bitterly when his teacher caught him copying his homework. (抄作业被老师抓到后，这个学生满脸苦笑。)
smile
smile
[smaIl; smail]
不及物动词
1 (不发出声音的) 笑
(→ laugh【同义字】)
a. 微笑,眉开眼笑
~ sweetly [bitterly, cynically]
笑得甜 [苦笑,嗤笑]
She never ~s.
她从来不笑
Her gentle eyes ~d.
她眉开眼笑
b. [对…]微笑[at, on]
He is able to ~ at misfortune.
他能对不幸一笑置之
He ~d on his children.
他望着孩子们微笑
c. 微笑
He ~d to see the children’s frolics.
他看到孩子们嬉戏而微笑
2 (文语)
a. 呈现出明媚的景象
All nature ~d in the sunlight.
大自然的一切在阳光下显得明媚开朗
b. 眷顾[某人], [做某事的] 来临[on, upon]
Fortune ~d on [upon] him at last.
命运女神终于眷顾他了
(他的运气终于来了)
The weather ~d on us.
天公作美
(天气变晴朗了)
及物动词
1 作 (…) 笑
He ~d a cynical smile.
他皮笑肉不笑
2 以微笑表示
He ~d his consent ..
他以微笑表示同意
3 a. 笑着忘掉
S~ your grief away.
以笑解愁
b. 对微笑 [使变成…] [into]; 对微笑 [使…消失] [out of]
She ~d him into a good humor.
她对他微笑使他心情好转
She ~d him out ofhis anger.
她对他微笑使他气消
come up smiling
不屈服地再鼓起勇气去做
I should smile
(1) (表示同意) 好啊,可以
(2)(轻蔑)原来如此
可数名词
1 a. 微笑
(cf. laugh 1,laughter)
She had a warm [faint]~ on her face.
她脸上露出亲切的 [淡淡的] 微笑
He looked at me with a ~ on his lips.
他嘴边浮现著微笑看着我
with a ~
微笑着,微笑地
b. [all ~s,当补语用] 满脸笑容,以极高兴 (的表情)
He was all ~s.
他满脸笑容
2 (文语) (大自然等) 晴朗明媚的样子; (命运等的) 恩惠,眷顾
the ~s of fortune
命运的眷顾,时运的亨通