giggle

verb

/ˈɡɪɡl/

[intransitive, transitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they giggle	/ˈɡɪɡl/ /ˈɡɪɡl/
he / she / it giggles	/ˈɡɪɡlz/ /ˈɡɪɡlz/
past simple giggled	/ˈɡɪɡld/ /ˈɡɪɡld/
past participle giggled	/ˈɡɪɡld/ /ˈɡɪɡld/
-ing form giggling	/ˈɡɪɡlɪŋ/ /ˈɡɪɡlɪŋ/

giggle (at/about somebody/something) | (+ speech) to laugh in a silly way because you are embarrassed or nervous or you think that something is funny（因感到有趣、窘迫或紧张而）咯咯地笑，傻笑
- The girls giggled at the joke.女孩子们给这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
- They giggled nervously as they waited for their turn.他们排队等候时紧张地傻笑着。
- She giggled with delight.她高兴得直傻笑。
- The children giggled hysterically.孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。
- They collapsed in a fit of giggling.他们笑得直不起腰来。
- They giggled about their teacher's accident.他们因老师的意外大笑不止。
- We were giggling over some old photos.我们边看老照片边咯咯地笑。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- helplessly
- hysterically
- nervously
- …
preposition
- about
- at
- over
- …
phrases
- a fit of giggling
词源early 16th cent.: imitative.

giggle

noun

/ˈɡɪɡl/

[countable] a slight, silly, repeated laugh咯咯笑；傻笑
- She gave a nervous giggle.她发出紧张的傻笑。
- Matt collapsed into giggles and hung up the phone.马特突然咯咯笑起来，然后挂断了电话。
- I just managed to stifle a giggle at the absurd idea.听到这个荒谬的想法，我强忍着没让自己笑出来。
- They all had a giggle at my expense.他们都为我的花费而咯咯哄笑。
- We had quite a giggle about the new office romance.我们为办公室里的这段新罗曼史笑了好久。
- We shared a giggle at their predicament.他们的困境使我们都忍不住笑出声来。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- little
- slight
- small
- …
verb + giggle
- give
- let out
- stifle
- …
preposition
- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
phrases
- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …
[singular] (British English, informal) a thing that you think is funny趣事；玩笑；可笑的事
- We only did it for a giggle.我们做那件事只是开个玩笑而已。
the giggles
[plural] (informal) continuous giggling that you cannot control or stop止不住的咯咯笑
- I get the giggles when I'm nervous.我紧张时就不停地咯咯大笑。
- She had a fit of the giggles and had to leave the room.她突然咯咯笑了起来，不得不走出房间。
- It’s just something about the way he said it that gave me the giggles.只是他说话的方式让我发笑。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- little
- slight
- small
- …
verb + giggle
- give
- let out
- stifle
- …
preposition
- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
phrases
- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …

词源early 16th cent.: imitative.