【易混淆字】同樣都是笑，laugh跟giggle哪裡不一樣？帶你解析各種哭笑單字之間的差異！
說到「笑」，你腦海中想到哪些英文單字呢？可別以為只有laugh跟smile，
事實上在英文中依照笑的程度會用不同的單字呈現，
至於「哭」也一樣有單字上的差異，今天就讓小編為大家做解析吧！
笑
1.beam (v.) (帶著喜悅)大大地微笑
<例句>
She beamed at the photographer .
她對攝影師露出大大地微笑。
2.grin (v.) 咧嘴笑
運用較多臉部肌肉，露出牙齒，會笑到眼睛快瞇起來
<例句>
Receiving the bicycle from his father, he grinned from ear to ear.
收到爸爸送的腳踏車，他笑得合不攏嘴。
【補充】
grin from ear to ear 指嘴巴笑得很開，嘴巴開得像從一邊的耳朵到另一邊耳朵一樣。
3.chuckle (v.) 暗笑；竊笑
<例句>
Whenever Jane sees the letter, she couldn’t stop chuckling.
每當Jane看到這封信，她總忍不住偷笑。
4.giggle (v.) 咯咯地笑
想壓抑住笑聲卻反而更大聲，斷斷續續地笑
<例句>
When she suddenly started to imitate her teacher’s voice, we all looked at each other and started to giggle.
在她突然模仿起老師的聲音時，我們互看對方並開始大笑。
5.cackle (v.) 嘎嘎地笑
發出高分貝且尖銳的笑聲
<例句>
She often cackles out of a sudden and scares people around her.
她時常沒來由地笑，還因此嚇到身旁的人。
6.mock/ridicule (v.) 嘲笑
<例句>
Stop mocking him! You have gone too far!
不要再嘲笑他了！你們這樣太過分了！
7.snicker (v.) 偷笑
<例句>
The audience tried to keep from snickering, but failed.
觀眾們試圖不要偷笑，但還是破功了。
9.guffaw (v.) 狂笑
瘋狂地笑，還會伴隨著身體劇烈晃動
<例句>
Every student guffawed as they heard the funny joke.
聽到笑話時，每個學生都在狂笑。
10.smirk (v.) 得意地笑
<例句>
Jack smirked as they announced the winner.
在公布得勝者名單時，Jack得意地笑了。
11.laugh (v.) 大笑
<例句>
Please don’t laugh. I am serious.
拜託不要笑，我是認真的。
12.smile (v.) 微笑
<例句>
She smiled when seeing her crush waving at her.
看到暗戀對象對她揮手，她露出微笑。
哭
1.cry (v.) 大哭
<例句>
Amy is a sentimental girl, it’s easy to make her cry.
Amy是個多愁善感的女孩，要讓她哭是一件容易的事。
2.weep (v.) 哭；流淚
<例句>
She wept with joy when she got a call from her missing son.
當她接到走失兒子的電話，她落下喜悅的眼淚。
3.sob (v.) 啜泣
<例句>
She sobbed uncontrollably when knowing her boyfriend cheated on her.
知道自己的男友劈腿後，她哭得不能自已。
4.wail (v.) 嚎啕大哭
<例句>
The baby wailed as his mother left.
媽媽一離開，小嬰兒就嚎啕大哭。
5.whimper (v.) 嗚咽；低鳴
製造一連串微弱的聲響來表示痛苦或不開心
<例句>
The starved dog whimpered pathetically.
那隻飢腸轆轆的狗令人同情地嗚咽著。
6.blubber (v.) 像小孩一樣哭鬧
<例句>
You are not a child anymore. Don’t expect to gain anything by blubbering.
你已經不是小孩了，不要期望用哭鬧來得到任何東西。
看完今天的單字之後，對英文的哭與笑是不是更加了解了呢？學會這些單字，
不僅在看文章時可以更了解作者選字的用意，自己寫作時也能避免重複用字，更能營造文章的多層次性！
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文/ Debbie Chang
參考資料
15 Different Ways To Describe Laughter. [online] Laughter Online University. Available at: https://www.laughteronlineuniversity.com/15-different-ways-describe-laughter/ [Accessed 26 May 2018].
9 Types Of Tears. [online] Available at: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/nine-types-of-tears [Accessed 26 May 2018].
acts About Different Types Of Crying. [online] Rebelcircus.com. Available at: https://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/different-types-crying/4/ [Accessed 26 May 2018].
