smile: [13] The Old English word for ‘smile’ was smearcian, ancestor of modern English smirk. This was descended ultimately from the Indo- European base *smei-, which also produced Greek meidos ‘laugh’, Sanskrit smeras ‘smiling’, Latvian smaidīt ‘smile’, and Russian smejat’ sja ‘laugh’. Smile, which from the 13th century began to push smirk towards the more specialized sense ‘smile in a self-satisfied way’, comes from the same base, and was probably borrowed from a Scandinavian source (Swedish has smila and Danish smile). => smirk
smile (v.)
c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Low German *smilen or a Scandinavian source (such as Danish smile "smile," Swedish smila "smile, smirk, simper, fawn"), from Proto-Germanic *smil-, extended form of PIE root *smei- "to laugh, smile" (cognates: Old English smerian "to laugh at, scorn," Old High German smieron "to smile," Latin mirus "wonderful," mirari "to wonder"). Related: Smiled; smiling.
Gradually pushed the usual Old English word, smearcian (modern smirk), into a specific, unpleasant sense. Of the eyes, from 1759. Figuratively, as indicating favor or encouragement, from c. 1400. Romance, Celtic, and Slavic languages tend to use a diminutive of the word for "laugh" to mean "smile" (such as Latin ridere "laugh;" subridere "smile"), perhaps literally "small laugh" or "low laugh."
smile (n.)
1560s, from smile (v.).
例文
1. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile .
未知の地帯に足を踏み入れる最善の対策は笑顔である。
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2.Haley studied her,an enigmatic smile on his face.
黒利は彼女を見つめ、神秘的な笑みを浮かべていた。
3.The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
笑顔が消え、代わりに哀しい眉が消えた。
4.She handed the cigar back to Jason with a self-satisfied smile .
彼女は得意げに笑って葉巻をジェイソンに渡した。
5.He smiled，an odd，dreamy smile that sent chills up my back.