grin

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 grĭn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
    — When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.
  2. A snare; a gin. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth. intransitive
    — Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?
  2. To express by grinning. transitive
    — She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog. dated,intransitive
    — The pangs of death do make him grin.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer. transitive
    — He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.

词形变化

grins plural gren alternative,obsolete grins present,singular,third-person grinning participle,present grinned participle,past grinned past gren alternative,obsolete grins plural

词汇关系

衍生词
shit-eating grin agrin grin and bear it grin from ear to ear grinfuck grin like a Cheshire cat grin like a mule eating briars grinner grinningly grinny grinworthy outgrin pickin' and grinnin' picking and grinning skin and grin
相关词
grimace smile

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)
词源 2
From Middle English grin, grinne, grine, from Old English grin (“snare, noose”), of uncertain origin, but probably from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *garni and *garnī (“intestine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *garniz, *garnō (“guts, intestine”). Related to English yarn.
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