underlaugh

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A suppressed laugh
    — John Joy Tree greeted this with an ugly underlaugh, a barely audible sound which made Casher feel the whole situation was ridiculous.

词形变化

underlaughs plural under-laugh alternative

词源

Probably derived from Middle English underlaughen (“to smile; smile with the eyes”), Middle English underlaughteren (“to smirk”), equivalent to under- + laugh.
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