giggle2 ●○○ noun 1 [countableC]LAUGH a quick, quiet, high-sounding laugh 咯咯笑,傻笑 ‘Catch me if you can, ’ she said with a giggle. “你来抓我呀。”她咯咯地笑着说。
Vicky suppressed a nervous giggle. 薇姬忍住了她紧张的傻笑。
He looked so ridiculous I got the giggles (=started to giggle). 他看上去太滑稽了,逗得我咯咯直笑。
Soon the whole group had the giggles. 很快,组里所有的人都咯咯笑了起来。
Margaret was seized by a fit of the giggles (=she could not stop giggling). 玛格丽特忍不住咯咯笑了起来。
give somebody the giggles (=make someone start giggling) 使某人咯咯发笑
2 a giggle British EnglishBrE informalFUNNY something that you think is fun to do that will not hurt anyone or anything 趣事,好玩的事 Go on, it’ll be a giggle! 来吧,很好玩的!
n COLLOCATIONSverbsget the giggles (=start to giggle)Now every time he looks at me I get the giggles.
have the giggles (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.
give a giggle (=to laugh)She gave a little giggle.
give somebody the giggles (=make someone laugh)The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles.
stifle/suppress a giggle (=try to not laugh)Britta covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.
collapse/dissolve into giggles (= start laughing a lot)Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles.
phrasesa fit of (the) giggles (=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
adjectivesa nervous giggleShe gave a nervous giggle before answering.
a hysterical giggle (=that someone cannot control)The children were all in hysterical giggles.
a high-pitched giggleThe young man gave a high-pitched giggle.