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TOEFL BNC: 12448 COCA: 12717

sneer

Word family 
sneer1 /snɪə $ snɪr/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
MAKE FUN OFSMILEto smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something 冷笑；嘲笑；讥讽
 ‘Is that your best outfit?’ he sneered.
“那就是你最好的衣服了？”他讥笑道。
sneer at
 She sneered at Tom’s musical tastes.
她嘲笑汤姆的音乐品位。
—sneering adjectiveadj
 a sneering tone
嘲笑的口吻
—sneeringly adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
sneer• "I wouldn't be seen in public wearing that, " Janina sneered.• As she read the letter, she started to sneer.• Instead of helping, they just sat and sneered.• Camels sneered and lurched to their feet, crocodiles yawned like man-traps.• Hillary Clinton sneered at a llama that some one brought to a rally in Pennsylvania.• He wanted to prove something to the critics who had sneered at his paintings.• It is easy to sneer at the credulous pilgrims.• She'd not forgotten how Gareth had laughed and sneered at them when they'd first tried to be friendly.• He had shined on innumerable lessons, sneered at too many ideas, turned thumbs-down on the mind.• So many years a teacher, you know it all! she sneered, feeling her face twist grey and cold.• Some clients would sneer or smile sarcastically when I showed them my old laptop -- until they saw what it could do.
sneer at• How can you sneer at vegetarians when you're wearing a leather jacket?
sneer2 noun [countableC]  
MAKE FUN OFSMILEan unkind smile or remark that shows you have no respect for something or someone 冷笑；嘲笑；讥讽
 ‘You probably wouldn’t understand, ’ he said with a sneer.
“你可能明白不了。”他冷笑了一声说道。
Examples from the Corpus
sneer• He did not mention Labour and even refrained from a sneer at the opinion pollsters.• "And what's your name?" he demanded, his lip curling into a sneer.• "And who might you be?" he said with a sneer.• Associates introduced a new fund to invest in technology stocks amid sneers and snickers from analysts and rival fund groups.• The Prince smirked and Gaveston turned, for the first time acknowledging their presence with a condescending sneer.• Asked to do little more than dispense evil sneers at intervals, Sutherland does just that.• Yet the sneer, the attitude and a handy pair of sunglasses made it clear: The guy is cool.• The sneer had turned into a lump in his throat.• Cue for another collective Washington sneer at Los Angeles.• The training officer distracted them with sneers at their tameness.
Origin sneer1
(1300-1400) Perhaps copying the action
sneer1 verbsneer2 noun
Chinese
Corpus
TOEFL BNC: 12448 COCA: 12717
sneer

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SNEER | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤arrogant傲慢的冷笑▸➤faint, slight一絲嘲笑VERB + SNEER➤give露出輕蔑笑容◇He gave an arrogant sneer.他露出傲慢輕蔑的笑容。➤curl into, turn into, twist into變成輕蔑的笑容◇The smile slowly turned into a sneer.那微笑慢慢露出輕蔑之意。◇Her lips twisted into a sneer.她一撇嘴，露出輕蔑的笑容。➤hide隱藏譏笑PREPOSITION➤with a sneer嘲諷地PHRASES➤a sneer in your voice聲音中透出的嘲諷▸➤a sneer on sb's face某人臉上流露出的嘲諷
TOEFL BNC: 12448 COCA: 12717
sneer verb
⇨ laugh at sb/sth
TOEFL BNC: 12448 COCA: 12717
sneer
To show that you do not respect someone or something: scorn, laugh, sneer...
Disrespect and not showing respect: scorn, disdain, contempt...
Smiles: smile, grin, beam...
Comments and remarks: acknowledgment, afterthought, allusion...

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