Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense smiles, present participle smiling, past tense, past participle smiled
1VERB 微笑;笑 When you smile, the corners of your mouth curve up and you sometimes show your teeth. People smile when they are pleased or amused, or when they are being friendly. 微笑;笑
When he saw me, he smiled and waved. [VERB]
他看見我的時候,微笑着朝我揮揮手。
He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled ruefully at me. [VERB + at]
他撓了撓脖梗兒,對我苦笑了一下。
His smiling face appears on T-shirts, billboards, and posters. [VERB-ing]
他的笑臉出現在T恤衫、公告牌和海報上面。
2N-COUNT 笑容 A smile is the expression that you have on your face when you smile. 笑容
She gave a wry smile.
她苦笑了一下。
'There are some sandwiches if you're hungry,' she said with a smile.
3VERB 微笑着說;微笑着表示 If you smile something, you say it with a smile or express it by a smile. 微笑着說;微笑着表示
'Aren't we daft?' she smiled. [VERB with quote]
她微笑着問:“我們不是很傻嗎?”
She smiled her thanks and arranged the guitar under her arm. [VERB noun]
她微笑着致了謝,把胳膊下面的吉他調整了一下。
4VERB (命運等)青睐,眷顧,垂青 If you say that something such as fortune smiles on someone, you mean that they are lucky or successful. (命運等)青睐,眷顧,垂青 [literary]
When fortune smiled on him, he made the most of it. [VERB + on/upon]
當好運來臨時,他充分把握住了。
God is not smiling on our cause. [VERBon/upon noun]
我們的事業沒有得到上帝的垂憐。
5PHRASE 滿面笑容(常指先前因某事發愁) If you say that someone is all smiles, you mean that they look very happy, often when they have previously been worried or upset about something. 滿面笑容(常指先前因某事發愁)
SYN smiling, beaming, grinning, grinning like a Cheshire cat