sneer

noun

1. a facial expression of contempt or scorn
the upper lip curls

Synonym: leer

2. a contemptuous or scornful remark

verb

1. smile contemptuously

e.g. she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano

2. express through a scornful smile

e.g. she sneered her contempt

1. 讥笑;嘲笑;讥讽
If you sneer at someone or something, you express your contempt for them by the expression on your face or by what you say.

e.g. There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything the Opposition does...
对反对党的任何举动都想加以嘲笑的心理过于急切了。
e.g. If you go to a club and you don't look right, you're sneered at...
如果你去夜总会却穿得不合时宜，人家会笑你的。

1. 冷笑：师兄弟们在一起玩耍,大家叫孙悟空表演(act)七十二变化,孙悟空一高兴就同意了,孙悟空念动咒语,将身子(body)一摇,变成了一瓶大啤酒(beer),然后又变成一只梅花鹿(deer)在那儿冷笑(sneer),紧接着他手臂(a

2. 蔑视：拓荒者(pioneer)蔑视(sneer)权贵(peer)和奸商(profiteer),志愿(volunteer)为工程师(engineer)掌舵(steer). 再如记忆Nepal(尼泊尔)这个词,一个比较浪漫又诙谐的方法是记忆下面这个句子中每个词的首字母:Never Ever Part As Lovers.(恋人永不分离)

3. 讥笑：they gibed at his singing . 他们嘲笑他的歌声. | 27、 sneer--讥笑 | the proposal was sneered down . 那建议遭到人们的讥笑.

4. 嘲笑：sneak#潜行 | sneer#嘲笑 | sniff#以鼻吸气