Simper

(noun.) a silly self-conscious smile.

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• As for Tapeworm, the Charge d'Affaires, he rose up in his box and bowed and simpered, as if he would represent the whole empire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She simpered a little, affected extreme vexation and hesitation, and at last arrived at the conclusion that she supposed she must go. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Kitty simpered and smiled, and hoped her turn was coming soon. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Come, said another, let me untie your ugly mask; we are all so tired of looking at the nasty simpering expression of it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• There now, said Miss Steele, affectedly simpering, everybody laughs at me so about the Doctor, and I cannot think why. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Agnes, whom I should have liked to take myself, was given to a simpering fellow with weak legs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Lydgate's conceit was of the arrogant sort, never simpering, never impertinent, but massive in its claims and benevolently contemptuous. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He simpers, and smirks, and makes love to us all. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

编辑:玛杰里