chuckle

verb

1. 低声轻笑；轻声地笑
   to laugh quietly
   1. She chuckled at the memory.
      想起这件事她就暗自发笑。

1. VERB 低声轻笑;偷笑
   When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.
   1. The banker chuckled and said, 'Of course not.'...
      银行家暗自发笑并说道：“当然不。”
   2. He chuckled at her forthrightness.
      她的直率让他窃笑。
   3. Chuckle is also a noun.
      
   4. He gave a little chuckle.
      他轻声一笑。

1. He chuckled at her forthrightness.
   她的直率让他窃笑。
2. Today I unearthed a copy of '90 Minutes' and had a chuckle at your article.
   今天我找到了一期《90分钟》杂志，读了你的文章咯咯笑了半天。
3. When I hold that thought, I have to chuckle.
   每当我有这种想法时，就忍不住咯咯地笑起来。
4. 'They joke with me about it&'I feel like a real man,''she says with a chuckle.
   他们经常跟我开玩笑说，‘我总算觉得自己是个男人了’。
5. The Grigsby family did not invite him when their two sons were married later in a double ceremony, and he evened matters by writing some tomfoolery that was passed around the neighborhood with a chuckle.
   不久格雷斯比家的两个儿子同时结婚，举行的两场仪式都没有邀请他。他写了一些与此有关的愚蠢笑话，传到邻居那里博得了大家一笑，这件事就平息了。
6. Mr Toots responded with a chuckle.
   图茨先生吃吃地笑了一下，作为回答。
7. Hope you got your chuckle in, Justin, because you are now officially music's Boy Who Cried Wolf.
   贾斯汀，希望你如愿在偷笑，因为你现在就是那个会叫狼来了的音乐男孩。
8. After a short chuckle, Page added: People can process information really quickly.
   他笑了笑说，人们能非常快地处理信息。
9. Most people I meet always chuckle if I tell them I take photos of dogs, Trinh told The Huffington Post.
   我遇上的大多数人总是笑如果我告诉他们我给狗拍照时，Trinh告诉赫芬顿邮报。
10. Mr. Green didn't chuckle or even smile.
    但格林并没有笑出声来，甚至连微笑也没有。
11. But a chuckle saved him on the brink.
    可是吃吃的一笑把他从井边救住了。
12. I'm trying, he admits with a chuckle.
    我在尝试，他笑着承认。
13. My brother always chuckle when he reads a comic book.
    我弟弟看漫画书的时候总是会吃吃地笑。
14. As if his last years were spent in a perpetual state of chuckle at the wonder of it all.
    就像所有的奇迹一样，他最后的岁月都保持在永远抿嘴微笑的状态中。
15. Of course, we owned most of the debt, he says, pausing for a chuckle.
    当然，我们是他们的大债主，他停顿了一下，笑了一声。
16. She gave a mean chuckle, but involuntarily lowered her voice slightly.
    她恶意的笑了，可是不由她自己似的把声音稍放低了些。
17. Nowadays John and I chuckle about those years when we visit.
    如今，当我和约翰见面时谈起那一段时光都觉得好笑。
18. He uttered a sardonic chuckle.
    他嘿地发出一声讥讽的冷笑。
19. She gave a chuckle of delight.
    她高兴得笑出声来。
20. She was roused by a chuckle which Mr. Dorset seemed to eject from the depths of his lean throat.
    多森先生从他那瘦弱的喉咙深处迸出一阵笑声，把她吓了一跳。
21. To cackle or cluck, as a hen. Burton gave a kindly chuckle.
    咯咯地叫，象母鸡一样伯顿和善地咯咯一笑。
22. They chuckle and the young man laughs too.
    他们轻声地笑起来，那个年轻的学生也笑了。
23. The first nun leaves, and the fourth nun begins to chuckle quietly under her breath.
    第一个修女走了，第四个修女悄悄发笑。
24. Chuckle at her& "You're so cute when you're mad".
    她笑道，“你太可爱当你疯了”。
25. He shook his head with a soft chuckle.
    他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
26. Then a few more people chuckle.
    接着其它一些人低声笑了出来。
27. I'm so into you that I'm going to chuckle at everything you say!
    我太喜欢你了，你说什么我都笑得咯咯的。
28. It was his way of expressing what he felt, and made him chuckle with pleasure.
    这是他表达了他认为的方式，使他高兴地笑着。
29. But here in Pattaya, officials chuckle derisively at the notion that the city can be totally sanitized.
    但是在芭堤雅，官员们对城市能够完全净化的想法嗤之以鼻。
30. The bravo reddened, but Inkpots laughed aloud and Brown Ben went so far as to chuckle.
    刺客的脸涨得通红，但是墨水瓶大笑而布朗·本边走远边笑。

  smile chuckle giggle grin laugh snigger【导航词义：笑】

  smile v. 微笑

〔辨析〕普通用词，通常指因开心、愉快等而嘴角上扬、面带笑容。

  chuckle v. 轻声地笑，窃笑

〔辨析〕指低声轻笑或暗自发笑。

  giggle v. 咯咯地笑，傻笑

〔辨析〕指因觉得好笑、尴尬或紧张而傻傻地笑。

  grin v. 咧着嘴笑

〔辨析〕指在高兴等时咧嘴、露齿而笑。

  laugh v. 大笑，哈哈笑

〔辨析〕通常指因认为某事有趣而出声大笑。

  snigger v. 〈英〉暗笑，窃笑

〔辨析〕指不出声地偷笑，含讽刺、不尊重之意。

noun

1. a soft partly suppressed laugh

   Synonym:    chortle

verb

1. laugh quietly or with restraint

   Synonym:    chortlelaugh softly