fleer
英式音标[flɪr]
美式英标[flɪə]
基本解释
vi. 狞笑，讥笑；嘲弄
vt. 嘲笑
n. 冷嘲，嘲笑；嘲笑挖苦的话
英文词源
- fleer (v.)
- "grin mockingly," c. 1400, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian flira "giggle, laugh at nothing," dialectal Danish flire "to grin, sneer, titter"). Transitive sense from 1620s. Related: Fleered; fleering; fleeringly. As a noun from c. 1600.
- fleer (n.)
- "one who flees," late 14c., agent noun from flee (v.).
