giggle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A high-pitched, silly laugh.

— My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!
Fun; an amusing episode. informal

— We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.

动词 v.

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

— The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

词形变化

giggles present,singular,third-person giggling participle,present giggled participle,past giggled past giggles plural

词汇关系

衍生词

church giggle giggle academy giggle berries giggle bin giggle box giggledom giggle dust giggle factory gigglefest giggle gas giggle hat giggle house giggle juice gigglement giggle soup giggle stick giggle suit giggle test giggle water giggle waterfor shits and giggles grins and giggles hit and giggle kicks and giggles shits and giggles

词源

词源 1

Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).

词源 2

Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).