smile

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
    — She's got a perfect smile.
  2. Favour; propitious regard. figuratively
    — the smile of the gods
  3. A drink bought by one person for another. dated,slang
动词 v.
  1. To have (a smile) on one's face. ambitransitive
    — When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
  2. To express by smiling. transitive
    — to smile consent, or a welcome
  3. To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness. intransitive
    — When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
  4. To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy. intransitive
    — The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
  5. To be propitious or favourable; to countenance. intransitive
    — The gods smiled on his labours.
  6. Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked. intransitive
    — The fruit looks a bit like a large pink mango or guava, until it has ripened. Then it “smiles,” bursting open, exposing yellow meat with black seeds.

词形变化

smiles plural smiles present,singular,third-person smiling participle,present smiled participle,past smiled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
Cognate with Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“to smile”); also Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin mīror (“to wonder at”).
词源 2
From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
Cognate with Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“to smile”); also Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin mīror (“to wonder at”).
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