- [countable] a slight, silly, repeated laugh咯咯笑；傻笑
- She gave a nervous giggle.她发出紧张的傻笑。
- Matt collapsed into giggles and hung up the phone.马特突然咯咯笑起来，然后挂断了电话。
Extra Examples- I just managed to stifle a giggle at the absurd idea.听到这个荒谬的想法，我强忍着没让自己笑出来。
- They all had a giggle at my expense.他们都为我的花费而咯咯哄笑。
- We had quite a giggle about the new office romance.我们为办公室里的这段新罗曼史笑了好久。
- We shared a giggle at their predicament.他们的困境使我们都忍不住笑出声来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + gigglepreposition- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
phrases- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …
See full entry - [singular] (British English, informal) a thing that you think is funny趣事；玩笑；可笑的事
- We only did it for a giggle.我们做那件事只是开个玩笑而已。
the giggles
[plural] (informal) continuous giggling that you cannot control or stop止不住的咯咯笑- I get the giggles when I'm nervous.我紧张时就不停地咯咯大笑。
- She had a fit of the giggles and had to leave the room.她突然咯咯笑了起来，不得不走出房间。
- It’s just something about the way he said it that gave me the giggles.只是他说话的方式让我发笑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + gigglepreposition- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
phrases- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …
See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent.: imitative.