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fleer的意思

fleer
英式音标[flɪr]
美式英标[flɪə]

基本解释

vi. 狞笑,讥笑;嘲弄

vt. 嘲笑

n. 冷嘲,嘲笑;嘲笑挖苦的话

英文词源

fleer (v.)
"grin mockingly," c. 1400, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian flira "giggle, laugh at nothing," dialectal Danish flire "to grin, sneer, titter"). Transitive sense from 1620s. Related: Fleered; fleering; fleeringly. As a noun from c. 1600.
fleer (n.)
"one who flees," late 14c., agent noun from flee (v.).