SNEER

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Traducere în limba română

sneer I. substantiv

1. surâs batjocoritor / de dispreţ; rânjet.

2. batjocură, sarcasm.

sneer II. verb A. intranzitiv

a surâde batjocoritor, a rânji, a râde în bătaie de joc;

to sneer at smb. a surâde batjocoritor cuiva, a-şi bate joc de cineva.

sneer II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a spune pe un ton batjocoritor.

2. to sneer down a intimida (pe cineva) prin batjocură / prin zeflemiseală, a face (pe cineva) să tacă;

to sneer away a nimici / a distruge prin batjocură / batjocorind.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“I had not thought you so great a coward,” I sneered.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"You were like all the rest, young fellow," Martin sneered.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“If they will follow,” cried the Gascon with a sneer.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His knowledge of the world, and very especially of South America, is surprising, and he has a whole-hearted belief in the possibilities of our journey which is not to be dashed by the sneers of Professor Summerlee.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sneered at me, and his white face looked out of the mist with his red eyes gleaming, and he went on as though he owned the whole place, and I was no one.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“You have the chance always,” he sneered.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But Martin forgave him the sneer, for he had begun to discover that Olney was not in love with Ruth.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The will to live, was his thought, and the thought was accompanied by a sneer.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor and I should have known better than to call him.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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