Word · Frequency #21071
snigger
窃笑；暗笑
a disrespectful laugh
- 1.
a disrespectful laugh
不尊重的笑
不尊重的笑；窃笑；暗笑
In use
The students tried not to snigger when the lecturer mispronounced the word.
He sniggered at his brother's clumsy attempt to dance.
Stop sniggering and listen to what I'm saying!
snigger at sb/sth
snigger 是不及物动词，表示“对……窃笑”时用 at。
The students sniggered at the teacher's mistake.
学生们窃笑老师的错误。
snigger about sth
Stop sniggering about the incident.
别再窃笑这件事了。
give a snigger
名词 snigger 常与 give 搭配，表示“发出一声窃笑”。
He gave a snigger.
他窃笑了一声。
Common mistakes
The students sniggered the teacher's mistake.The students sniggered at the teacher's mistake.
snigger 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；要表示“嘲笑/窃笑某人或某事”，须加介词 at。中文“嘲笑”常作及物动词，所以学习者容易直接加宾语。
I heard snigger from the back of the room.I heard a snigger from the back of the room.
作名词时 snigger 是可数名词，单数形式前需加冠词 a/an，此处 a snigger 指“一声窃笑”。中文没有冠词概念，所以容易漏掉。
Connections
Collocations
- snigger at someone/something
- 对某人/某事窃笑；嘲笑
- The students sniggered at the new boy's accent.学生们对新男孩的口音窃笑。
- snigger behind someone's back
- 在某人背后窃笑
- They sniggered behind her back at her old-fashioned clothes.他们在她背后对她的老式衣服窃笑。
- snigger to oneself
- 暗自窃笑
- He sniggered to himself when he saw the typo in the report.他看到报告里的错别字时暗自窃笑。
- suppress a snigger
- 忍住窃笑
- I had to suppress a snigger as the professor walked in with his shirt buttoned wrong.教授衬衫纽扣扣错走进来时，我不得不忍住窃笑。
- let out a snigger
- 发出窃笑
- He let out a snigger at the absurd suggestion.他对这个荒谬的建议发出一声窃笑。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 snigger 想成 snicker（窃笑）和 giggle（咯咯笑）的混合：压低声音、不怀好意地偷笑。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：背后嘲笑他人时、听到冒犯性笑话时 snigger 多用于非正式场合，常指带着轻蔑或不尊重的低声笑，例如嘲笑别人出错或听到粗俗笑话时。正式写作中不常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
bigger、digger、trigger 都与 snigger 押韵，并共享拼写块 -igger。注意常见的形近词：singer 读作 /ˈsɪŋə/，带 /ŋ/ 音，不押韵；snicker 读作 /ˈsnɪkə/，仅结尾辅音不同，也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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