| 释义 |
▪ I. smiley, n.
Brit. |ˈsmʌɪli|, U.S. |ˈsmaɪli|
[‹ smiley adj., after smiley face n.]
1. = smiley face n. 2.
1987Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 30 Jan. 51 A convention for indicating a joke has become popular with users of electronic mail: the insertion of ‘smileys’. 1993N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 17/2 Those newer forms of emotional punctuation called ‘smileys’ or ‘emoticons’—vaguely irritating attempts to supply a sideways facial expression at the close of an e-mail paragraph. 2000Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 28 Sept. Use Smileys to express emotion...:-(Frowning smiley. User did not like that last statement or is upset or depressed about something.:-I Indifferent smiley.
2. Chiefly with capitial initial. = smiley face n. 1.
1989Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Feb. f1 The kids mimick the peace-and-love era, chant ‘aciieed’, and wear Smileys, those big yellow smile buttons from the '70s. 1996Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 26 May The 16th-century Griffin Inn in Fletching, East Sussex is much enthused about in pub guides, with each entry..festooned with stars, crowns, little beds, animals and smileys. 2000Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 27 Oct. Photographs, notes, Smileys, and newspaper cuttings are also across the studio wall.
▪ II. smiley, a.|ˈsmaɪlɪ|
Also smily.
[f. smile n.]
1. a. Inclined to smile; readily smiling.
1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. The Courtin' x, All kind o' smily round the lips An' teary round the lashes. 1873Leland Egypt. Sketch Bk. 120 How they contrived to be so laughy and smiley on pumpkin-seeds and cold water I cannot conjecture. 1969D. Francis Enquiry vii. 97 It's your eyes... Dark and sort of smiley and sad. 1976H. Kemelman Wednesday Rabbi got Wet iii. 21 A short man..with a round head and smiley face.
b. Smiling; cheerful.
1970Sunday Times 8 Feb. 15/2 If the instruction wasn't nice and smiley, it'd upset me. 1972Times 1 Dec. 20/2 China—new from France with the smiley face in black on yellow. 1976R. B. Parker Promised Land (1977) vii. 35, I..said goodby with smily pleasant overtones in my voice.
2. Caused by or causing a smile.
1974Times 22 Jan. 11/5 For smiley lines which are too deep, just paint out the start of them with a highlight. 1977Rolling Stone 13 Jan. 52/2 To the extent that he includes these fast, cheerful numbers and smiley oddities such as Cole Porter's ‘True Love’ and the impenetrable fable ‘Crackerbox Palace’, Harrison seems hoping to achieve fresh popularity.
Add:[1.] c. smiley face, a round cartoon-style representation of a smiling face (usu. black on yellow), freq. used as a symbol of hope, peace, solidarity, etc. in youth culture. Also absol. as n.
1972Times 1 Dec. 20/3 China—new from France with the Smiley face in black on yellow. In packs of four: cups and saucers, {pstlg}2.55; tea plates {pstlg}2.45. 1981Aviation Week & Space Technol. 19 Oct. 11/1 The Pacific Southwest smiley face black line under the nose had been erased. 1986D. Leavitt Lost Lang. Cranes (1987) 198 Brad's eye roved the room, which had recently taken on a second identity as an art gallery and was filled with murals depicting the deconstruction of the smiley face. 1989Face Dec. 63/1 In the crowd you may also spot the odd man in navy Top Man tracksuit, immaculate new trainers and strange accessories such as bandanas or Smiley badges—these are plain-clothes policemen or tabloid journalists. |