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An emoticon is a small sign made from keyboard marks to show a feeling in email or on the internet. The classic one is :-) — tilt your head and it looks like a smile, often 'I am joking'. Others are :-( for sad and ;) for a wink.
An emoticonEmoticon（表情符號） is a small sign made from keyboard marks是用鍵盤上的符號拼出來的小記號 to show a feeling in email or on the internet用來在電子郵件或網路上表達心情。The classic one is :-)最經典的就是 :-)——tilt your head and it looks like a smile把頭歪一邊看，它看起來像一個笑臉，often 'I am joking'通常是「我在開玩笑」的意思。Others are :-( for sad其他的還有 :-( 表示難過，and ;) for a wink和 ;) 表示眨眼。
They are older than picture . Though actually, once phones filled with picture faces, many people stopped typing these, and some now use emoticon and as if they were the same word.
They are older than picture emoji它們比圖片式的 emoji 還要老。Though actually不過實際上，once phones filled with picture faces等到手機裡塞滿了圖片表情之後，many people stopped typing these很多人就不再打這種符號了，and some now use emoticon and emoji as if they were the same word有些人現在把 emoticon 和 emoji 當成同一個詞在用。
They are not: an emoticon is typed from characters; an is a picture. The two words also come from different places, even though they sound close.
They are not但它們並不一樣：an emoticon is typed from charactersemoticon 是用字元打出來的；an emoji is a pictureemoji 是一張圖片。The two words also come from different places這兩個詞的來源也不一樣，even though they sound close雖然聽起來很像。
Informal, and a bit old-fashioned now among young texters, but still understood.
Informal這是口語用法，and a bit old-fashioned now among young texters現在在年輕的傳訊息的人之間算有點過時，but still understood但大家還是看得懂。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
emoticonnoun/ɪˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/
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A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
- A remark intended humorously is often indicated by the letter G in parentheses, for "grin," or by a sideways happy face built from punctuation marks. Such symbols are known as emoticons.
- In a 4 by 2 experimental procedure, :) ;) :( or no emoticon were inserted alternately in simulated e-mail message mock-ups
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A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
- In addition to placing emoticons by clicking icons in the pop-up panel shown in Figure 4-2, you can enter the text representation in your text chat window. For example, to show the image of the emoticon with sunglasses, you enter (cool).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。