我们的生活中离不开笑，但是有别于汉语中用不同的定语、状语来描绘出不同的笑态，英语中表达笑的词汇相当丰富，有不少动词本身就是含有特定意义的笑，你是不是都知道？下面是英语中关于“笑”的词汇，其中Smile 和Laugh是最常用的笑，除此外还有一些词汇表示各种各样的笑：
1. Smile微笑
Smile是微笑，也是最常用的笑，它常给人留下美好的印象：give a soft smile莞尔一笑，give a charming smile嫣然一笑，give a faint smile是淡淡一笑，give a false/ crafty smile是皮笑肉不笑的假笑。满面笑容是smile from ear to ear，笑容可掬是be radiant with smile，苦笑叫force a smile，强颜欢笑是squeeze a smile，满脸堆笑是conjure up a smile，他眉开眼笑就是His face melts in smiles.
she smiled prettily as she accepted the flowers
她在接受鲜花时，笑得真迷人。
2. Laugh笑
Laugh常表示出声的笑，其程度要大于smile：哈哈大笑laugh heartily，大声狂笑horse laugh，傻笑是laugh foolishly，狞笑是laugh grimly，暗中窃笑称laugh in one’s sleeve/ beard，笑掉大牙是laugh one’s head off，笑声阵起是burst into laughter
The jokes made everybody laugh.那些笑话逗得人人发笑。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
3. Giggle格格地笑；傻笑
I heard them giggle when I passed by the girls.
我走过那些女孩子身边时，听见她们格格地笑。
4. Grin露齿而笑
She was grinning with delight.她高兴得咧开嘴笑了。
5. Chuckle含笑，轻声笑
He was chuckling to himself over what he was reading. 他对自己在读的东西，暗自发笑。
6. Snicker忍笑；暗笑（通常有不敬的成分）
On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering. 听了他荒谬的意见，我忍不住笑着走开了。
7. Roar哄笑；大笑
His jokes set the table in a roar. 他的笑语使满座哄堂大笑。
They roared with laughter. 他们轰然大笑。
8. Simper假笑；痴笑，傻笑
When I told him that news,he simply simpered. 当我把那消息告诉他时，他只假笑了一下。
9. Cachinnate放声大笑
He cachinnated till his sides ached.他笑得肚皮都痛了。
10. Chortle欢笑；哈哈大笑
The children chortled all the time while they were hearing the story.
孩子们听那个故事时，始终欢笑不止。
11. Deride讥笑
They all derided his foolishness.他们都讥笑他的愚笨。
12. Taunt嘲笑
He taunted me beyond endurance.他的嘲笑我不能忍受。
13. Horselaugh纵声大笑（如马嘶一般）
He burst out into a horselaugh.他忽然高声狂笑。
14. Guffaw 大笑；捧腹大笑
What he said aroused a blast of guffaw.他的话引起大家一阵哄笑。
今天你笑了没有？希望你有欢快喜悦的笑容。 另外，还有一些词组： 1. crack a smile 展颜微笑，莞尔一笑
Definition: to smile, especially when you do not feel like smiling.
The man was willing to do anything to make his wife crack a smile. (为了让他的妻子展颜微笑，他愿意做任何事情。)
2. laugh a hearty laugh/laugh heartily 放声大笑，开怀大笑
Definition: to laugh loudly and uncontrollably
Upon hearing that he had won the lottery, the man laughed heartily. (知道自己中奖了，这个男人开怀大笑。)
3. force a smile 强作欢颜
Definition: to smile even though you feel sorrowful or unhappy
At the funeral, he forced a smile for anyone who offered condolences. (在葬礼上，他强颜欢笑面对前来吊唁的人。)
4. a saccharine smile 谄笑，谄媚的笑
Definition: a smile designed to please others
When he talks to his boss, he puts on a saccharine smile. (他跟老板说话的时候，满脸都是谄媚的假笑。)
5. smile bitterly 苦笑
Definition: to smile when you have no choice or can do nothing to help
The student smiled bitterly when his teacher caught him copying his homework. (抄作业被老师抓到后，这个学生满脸苦笑。) 其它各种和“笑”相关的英文表达 1.burst into laughter 突然大笑 2.explodewith laughter 哄堂大笑 3.burst into gales of laughter 爆发出阵阵笑声 4.grin with delight 高兴的咧嘴而笑 5.a hearty burst of laughter 一阵爽朗的欢笑 6.in stitches 笑不可支 7.laugh at 嘲笑 8.laugh it off 一笑而过 9.laughingstock 笑料;笑柄 10.laugh in the breeze迎风欢笑 11.laugh oneself to death 差点没笑死 12.laugh people around into a better humour 笑得周围的人心情好起来 13.laugh a hearty laugh 放声大笑，开怀大笑 14.laugh and grow fat 心宽体胖 15.roars of laughter 大笑声 |
