smirk的词源

英文词源

smirk (v.)

Old English smearcian "to smile." No exact cognates in other languages, but probably related to smerian "to laugh at, scorn," from Proto-Germanic *smer-, *smar-, variant of PIE *smei- "to smile;" see smile (v.), which after c. 1500 gradually restricted smirk to the unpleasant sense "smile affectedly; grin in a malicious or smug way." In some 18c. glossaries smirk is still simply "to smile." Related: Smirked; smirking. The noun is recorded by 1560s.

smirk (n.)

1550s, from smirk (v.).

中文词源

smirk：自鸣得意的笑，傻笑

来自古英语 smearcian,笑，来自 Proto-Germanic*smer,笑，来自 PIE*smei,笑，高兴，惊叹， 词源同 smirk,miracle,marvel.后原词义被 smile 取代，现词义用于指傻笑，假笑，得意的笑等。

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