As a noun, a smiley is a little face made out of keyboard marks, read by tilting your head to the left: :-) is happy, :-( is sad, ;-) is a wink. People put them in emails and messages to show the tone — to say 'I'm joking' or 'I'm not angry'. This is the older kind.

As a noun當名詞用的時候 a smileysmiley is是 a little face一個小臉 made out of keyboard marks用鍵盤符號拼出來的 read by tilting your head to the left要把頭往左邊歪才看得出來 :-) is happy:-)是開心 :-( is sad:-(是難過 ;-) is a wink;-)是眨眼 People人們 put them放這些符號 in emails and messages在email和訊息裡 to show the tone來表示語氣 — to say 'I'm joking' or 'I'm not angry'表示「我在開玩笑」或「我沒有生氣」 This這個 is是 the older kind比較舊的那種

Today most people send a picture-face instead (an emoji 😊), and many speakers now say 'smiley' for those too, or say 'smiley face' for the round yellow one. So if a student sees 'smiley' in a modern text, it may mean either.

Today今天 most people大部分人 send a picture-face instead改成傳圖案臉 (an emoji 😊)(一個表情符號😊) and而 many speakers現在很多人 now say 'smiley' for those too也把那些叫做「smiley」 or或 say 'smiley face' for the round yellow one把那個圓圓黃黃的叫做「smiley face」 So所以 if a student如果一個學生 sees 'smiley' in a modern text在現代的文章裡看到「smiley」 it它 may mean either可能是這兩種意思的其中一種

The word is also an adjective meaning cheerful and smiling a lot — 'a smiley baby', 'she's very smiley'. That use is friendly and casual, and it describes a person's usual look, not one single smile.

The word這個字 is also也是 an adjective一個形容詞 meaning意思是 cheerful and smiling a lot開心、常常在笑 — 'a smiley baby',「a smiley baby」 'she's very smiley'.「she's very smiley」 That use這種用法 is是 friendly and casual親切又隨性的 and而且 it它 describes a person's usual look描述一個人平常的樣子 not one single smile而不是單一一次的笑容