sardonic

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源自法语 sardonique,源自拉丁语 sardonius[1]源自古希腊语 σαρδόνιος (sardónios)σαρδάνιος (sardánios, 尖酸刻薄的笑)的变体,被认为源自撒丁岛的一种植物(撒丁岛毛茛(Ranunculus sardous)或者藏红花色水芹(Oenanthe crocata)),作σαρδάνη (sardánē)σαρδόνιον (sardónion)。据称食用这种植物会导致人的面部扭曲成像蔑视的表情(之后通常会死亡)。[2]可能还与σαίρω (saírō, 露齿笑)有关。

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sardonic (比较级 more sardonic最高级 most sardonic)

  1. 轻蔑的,鄙夷的,冷笑
    近义词: sneeringsatirical
    He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
    他的笑讨厌而轻蔑,让大家都疏远他了。
    • 1685, Henry Wotton, “[A Deſcription of the Countrys Recreations.] Poems Found among the Papers of Sir Henry Wotton”, 出自 Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, or, A collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; [] , Fourth版, London: [] B[enjamin] Tooke, [] and T[homas] Sawbridge [] , →OCLC页号s 390–391:
      [Q]Uivering fears, Heart-tearing cares, / Anxious ſighs, Untimely tears, / Fly, fly to the Courts; / Fly to fond worldings ſports, / Where ſtrain’d Sardonick ſmiles are cloſing ſtill, / And grief is forc’d to laugh againſt her will; / Where mirth’s but mummery, / And ſorrows only real be.
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  2. 挖苦
    近义词: sarcastic
    • 1979, Carl Deroux 编, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], 卷 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC,页号 111:
      Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.
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  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “sardonic (adj.)”, 在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. Nick Squires (2009-05-18), “Mystery of the 'sardonic grin' solved”, The Telegraph[1], 取回于2020-03-04

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借自法语 sardonique,源自拉丁语 sardonicus

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sardonic m n (阴性单数 sardonică,阳性复数 sardonici,阴性和中性复数 sardonice)

  1. 轻蔑的,鄙夷的,冷笑

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