Lingaku- laugh in (up) one's sleeve
- snigger
- snicker
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- laugh in (up) one's sleeve
- snigger
- snicker
This phrase indicates a secret or private amusement that someone feels about a situation or person, often implying a sense of superiority or mockery.
He laughed in his sleeve when he heard her embarrassing story.
She always snickers when others aren't paying attention.
Refers to a quiet, suppressed, or sneaky laugh that often reveals amusement at someone else's expense, usually suggesting a lack of respect.
They sniggered at her failure, thinking she deserved it.
When the classmates saw the teacher make a mistake, they couldn't help but snicker.
Similar to a snigger, this word implies a somewhat scornful or disrespectful form of laughter, often associated with sneering or derision.
Hearing his sarcastic remark, they could only snicker.
Every word she said made him unable to suppress his snicker.
Generated collocations (experimental)
àn xiào暗笑to laugh in (up) one's sleevekàn dào看到tā他àn xiào暗笑saw him sniggerwǒ我rěn bu zhù忍不住àn xiào暗笑I couldn't help but snickeràn xiào暗笑zhāo着lí kāi离开left while laughing silentlyàn xiào暗笑de的fāng shì方式the manner of sniggeringtā她xīn li心里àn xiào暗笑she laughed secretly in her heartàn xiào暗笑bù yǐ不已couldn't stop laughing internallyàn xiào暗笑shēng声the sound of snickeringàn xiào暗笑guān chá观察observing with a smirkàn xiào暗笑zhāo着shuì说said it with a smirktā他duì对tā她àn xiào暗笑he snickered at her