chortle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/|[ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
    — He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.
  2. A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
动词 v.
  1. To laugh with a chortle or chortles. intransitive
    — The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.

词形变化

chortles plural chortles present,singular,third-person chortling participle,present chortled participle,past chortled past

词汇关系

近义词
chuckle

词源

词源 1
Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
词源 2
Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
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