sneer

• 嘲る、嘲笑する
• vt.あざ笑う、嘲笑う
• n.あざ笑う、嘲笑う

子音クラスターsn-,nose,sniff,sniff,鼻音から、sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuffと比較される。

sneer (v.)

1550s, "to snort" (of horses), perhaps from North Frisian sneere "to scorn," related to Old English fn?ran "to snort, gnash one's teeth," of imitative origin (compare Danish sn?rre "to grin like a dog," Middle Dutch, Middle High German snarren "to rattle"). Meaning "to smile contemptuously" is from 1670s; sense of "to curl the upper lip in scorn" is attested from 1775. Related: Sneered; sneering. Sneer word is in E. Digby Baltzell (1987).

sneer (n.)

1707, from sneer (v.).

1. Canete 's mouth twisted in a contemptuous sneer .

カーネットは傲慢で軽蔑して口をすくった。

2.Oh，is it？…said the sheriff with a sneer .

「ああ、そうですか？」司法官は冷笑しながら言った。

3.He said with a sneer .

彼の言葉には嘲笑の意味がある。

4.Compare smirk， sneer ，frown，scowl and grimace.

smirk、 sneer 、frown、scowl、grimaceの単語を比較してみます。

5.There were always those who dismissed him with a sneer 、saying he wasn 't British by birth.

彼は生まれ育ったイギリス人ではないと言われている。