核心畫面

You can think of it as a small laugh that escapes before you can stop it — high, broken into little pieces, half-swallowed. It leaks out when something is funny, but just as often when you are nervous, , or in a place where laughing is not allowed.

一個「憋不住、漏出來」的小小笑聲——聲音是高的、一段一段斷開的,像氣泡一顆一顆冒上來。它不是放聲大笑,而是那種你想壓更多收起一個「憋不住、漏出來」的小小笑聲——聲音是高的、一段一段斷開的,像氣泡一顆一顆冒上來。它不是放聲大笑,而是那種你想壓下去卻壓不住的笑:可能是真的好笑,也可能是你緊張、害羞,或正好在不該笑的場合(上課、開會、教堂),於是笑聲從嘴角縫裡溜出來。這個字本身很可能是模仿那個聲音造出來的,所以聽起來就像它的意思。

One branch

漏出來的小笑聲(動作與聲音)

這一族就是核心畫面本身:同一個「咯咯漏出來的笑」,一邊是你在做的動作,一邊是別人聽到的那個聲音。

laugh nervously/lightly · verb · C2

To give a short, high, quiet laugh when something is funny, or when you feel nervous or shy.

咯咯笑

原始詞典資料3 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。

giggleverb/ˈɡɪɡl̩/

  • 1

    To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

    • The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
    • I couldn't resist to giggle a little tee hee.

gigglenoun/ˈɡɪɡl̩/

  • 1

    A high-pitched, silly laugh.

    • My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!
  • 2

    informalFun; an amusing episode.

    • We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.
    • The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。