snigger
verb /ˈsnɪɡə(r)/
/ˈsnɪɡər/
(especially British English) (also snicker North American English, British English)
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they snigger | /ˈsnɪɡə(r)/ /ˈsnɪɡər/ |
he / she / it sniggers | /ˈsnɪɡəz/ /ˈsnɪɡərz/ |
past simple sniggered | /ˈsnɪɡəd/ /ˈsnɪɡərd/ |
past participle sniggered | /ˈsnɪɡəd/ /ˈsnɪɡərd/ |
-ing form sniggering | /ˈsnɪɡərɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪɡərɪŋ/ |
- snigger (at somebody/something) | + speech to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at something rude or at somebody’s problems or mistakes
synonym titter窃笑;暗笑 - What are you sniggering at?
你偷偷笑什么呢?
词源early 18th cent.: later variant of snicker. - What are you sniggering at?