sardonic

• adj.皮肉な；嘲る、嘲笑する

ラテン語のsardonius risus、サルデーニャの嘲笑、ギリシャ語のsardonion、サルデーニャの植物、サルデーニャのSardoに由来すると言われる、risus、嘲笑、嘲笑と語源は同じ。猛毒の物質で、食べると顔面痙攣を起こし、奇妙な笑みを浮かべて死ぬ、丁春秋が『天龍八部』で使った「安楽三笑」に似ている。丁春秋は『天龍八部』で「安楽三笑」を用いた。後に侮蔑、嘲笑を意味する語源となった。

sardonic

sardonic: [17] The Greek word for ‘scornful, mocking’ was sardánios, but this came to be changed to sardónios, which literally meant ‘Sardinian’, through association with the Latin term herba Sardonia ‘Sardinian plant’, the name of a sort of plant which when eaten caused facial contortions that resembled a scornful grin. English acquired the word via Latin sardonius and French sardonique. The sardine [15] probably gets its name from Sardinia too.
=> sardine

sardonic (adj.)

"apparently but not really proceeding from gaiety," 1630s, from French sardonique (16c.), from Latin sardonius (but as if from Latin *sardonicus) in Sardonius risus, loan-translation of Greek sardonios (gelos) "of bitter or scornful (laughter)," altered from Homeric sardanios (of uncertain origin) by influence of Sardonios "Sardinian," because the Greeks believed that eating a certain plant they called sardonion (literally "plant from Sardinia," see Sardinia) caused facial convulsions resembling those of sardonic laughter, usually followed by death. For nuances of usage, see humor. Earlier in same sense sardonian (1580s), from Latin sardonius. Related: Sardonically.

1. Occasionally he made a humorously sardonic remark.

彼は時々ユーモラスな皮肉を言っている。

2.She gave him a sardonic smile.

彼女は彼に向かって皮肉そうに笑った。

3. " I'm not being silly,'she replied with a sardonic laugh.

彼女は冷笑した。The thought brought a sardonic smile to Wu Sun-fu 's lips.

呉荪甫は凶悪に笑った.

5."You needn 't be afraid，"he said with a sardonic smile.

屠維岳は冷たく微笑んだ。「慌てないで！