grin
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they grin | |
| he / she / it grins | |
| past simple grinned | |
| past participle grinned | |
| -ing form grinning |
to smile widely 露齿而笑；咧着嘴笑；粲然而笑 They grinned with delight when they heard our news. 他们得知我们的消息时高兴得直咧着嘴笑。 Stop grinning and tell me what happened! 别笑了，告诉我发生了什么！ - grin at somebody
She grinned amiably at us. 她咧着嘴向我们亲切地笑。 - grin something
He grinned a wide grin. 他粲然一笑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1He appeared in the doorway grinning broadly. 他喜笑颜开地出现在门口。 He just stood there, grinning like an idiot. 他只是站在那儿，像个白痴似的咧嘴傻笑。 He just stood there, tongue-tied and grinning sheepishly. 他只是张口结舌地站在那儿，羞怯地笑着。 He lay grinning impishly up at me. 他躺在那儿冲我顽皮地笑着。 He stopped eating to grin at me. 他停止吃东西，冲我咧嘴一笑。 She grinned apologetically when she saw him. 她一看到他就报以歉意的笑容。 She grinned to herself at the thought. 想到这儿，她不由得笑了出来。 She looked at us, grinning from ear to ear. 她看着我们，笑得合不拢嘴。 She relaxed and grinned wickedly back at him. 她放松下来，向他报以顽皮的一笑。 They grinned with pleasure. 他们高兴地笑起来。 ‘Don't be daft,’ he grinned. “别犯傻了。”他咧嘴一笑说。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- widely
- slightly
- …
- at
- like
- to
- …
- grin ear to ear
- grin from ear to ear
Word OriginOld English grennian ‘bare the teeth in pain or anger’, of Germanic origin; probably related to groan.
Idioms
grin and bear it
smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something 眉开眼笑；笑得合不拢嘴 He was beaming from ear to ear. 他笑得合不拢嘴。