| 单词 | giggle |
| 释义 | giggle (once / 1225 pages) vn If you laugh with a dainty tee-hee-hee, you giggle. Children giggle a lot. Big strong men are more likely to guffaw or issue a big belly laugh. The word giggle has been around since about the 16th century, and yet, it has no Latin or Greek roots. Most likely the word is an imitation of the silly sound you make when you laugh like this. If you and your friends have hidden a frog on your teacher's desk, when she enters the room and moves towards it, you will probably begin giggling — you know something funny is about to happen and you're a little nervous about it. WORD FAMILYgiggle: giggled, giggler, giggles, giggling+/giggler: gigglers USAGE EXAMPLESShore giggled at the anecdote and said Michaels still quotes his father’s phrase as a sign-off from phone calls. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The babies are actually RealCare Infant Simulators - high-tech dolls that cry, burp, slurp, giggle, and send data to Currie to analyze for grades. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) He giggled and pretended to do moves as Taylor encouraged his pupil. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1v laugh nervously The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom Syn|Hyper titter express joy, express mirth, laugh produce laughter 2n a foolish or nervous laugh Hyper laugh, laughter the sound of laughing |
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