今天为大家带来的是chuckle, giggle, grin, jeer, laugh, sneer这一组易混淆英语词汇辨析。它们都和“笑”有关，而且之间的差别也相对较明显。

　　1.Chuckle

　　When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.

　　多指因得意或领会到某事中的趣味而暗自发笑。

　　例句：

　　I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book.

　　他看书时，我能听见他在轻声发笑。

　　The banker chuckled and said, 'Of course not.'

　　银行家暗自发笑并说道：“当然不。”

　　2.Giggle

　　If someone giggles, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed.

　　多指女人和孩子由于紧张、被逗乐、尴尬时所发出的笑声。

　　例句：

　　The children couldn't stop giggling at the teacher's high-pitched voice.

　　教师的嗓音很高，孩子们都不禁咯咯地笑起来。

　　I was so nervous I got the giggles.

　　我很紧张，不禁傻笑起来。

　　3.Grin

　　When you grin, you smile broadly.

　　指人因高兴、满足、轻蔑等咧开嘴露齿地笑。

　　例句：

　　He grins, delighted at the memory.

　　想到往事，他开心地咧嘴笑了起来。

　　They grinned with pleasure when I gave them the sweets.

　　当我给他们糖果时，他们高兴地咧开嘴笑了。

　　4.Jeer

　　To jeer at someone means to say or shout rude and insulting things to them to show that you do not like or respect them.

　　其同义词是mock，通常以jeer at词组使用。

　　例句：

　　Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others.

　　不要嘲笑别人的错误或不幸。

　　His motorcade was jeered by angry residents.

　　他的车队遭到愤怒的当地居民的嘲讽。

　　5.Laugh

　　When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly.

　　用于一般的笑或出声的大笑。

　　例句：

　　We tried to laugh the girl out of that slight accident.

　　我们试图以谈笑的方式使女孩忘掉那起小事故。

　　不过，laugh还有另一个意思：“嘲笑；讥笑”，与jeer同义，通常是laugh at：

　　If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them.

　　例句：

　　I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly.

　　我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。

　　6.Sneer

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

　　指以语言、表情和声调表示轻蔑或嘲弄。

　　例句：

　　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。