sardonic

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源自法語 sardonique,源自拉丁語 sardonius[1]源自古希臘語 σαρδόνιος (sardónios)σαρδάνιος (sardánios, 尖酸刻薄的笑)的變體,被認為源自撒丁島的一種植物(撒丁島毛茛(Ranunculus sardous)或者藏紅花色水芹(Oenanthe crocata)),作σαρδάνη (sardánē)σαρδόνιον (sardónion)。據稱食用這種植物會導致人的面部扭曲成像蔑視的表情(之後通常會死亡)。[2]可能還與σαίρω (saírō, 露齒笑)有關。

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sardonic (比較級 more sardonic最高級 most sardonic)

  1. 輕蔑的,鄙夷的,冷笑
    近義詞: sneeringsatirical
    He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
    他的笑討厭而輕蔑,讓大家都疏遠他了。
    • 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頁號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
    近義詞: sarcastic
    • 1979, Carl Deroux 編, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], 卷 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC,頁號 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.)」, 線上詞源詞典》(Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. Nick Squires (2009-05-18), 「Mystery of the 'sardonic grin' solved」, The Telegraph[1], 取回於2020-03-04

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詞源[編輯]

借自法語 sardonique,源自拉丁語 sardonicus

形容詞[編輯]

sardonic m n (陰性單數 sardonică,陽性複數 sardonici,陰性和中性複數 sardonice)

  1. 輕蔑的,鄙夷的,冷笑

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