grin
US: /ˈɡɹɪn/
UK: /ɡɹˈɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
grin /grin/- danh từ
- cái nhăn mặt nhe cả răng ra
- cái cười xếch đến mang tai; cái cười toe toét
- to break into a broad grin: cười toe toét, toét miệng cười
- to be always on the grin: lúc nào cũng cười toe toét, lúc nào cũng nhăn nhở
- động từ
- nhe răng ra nhăn nhở
- nhe răng ra cười, cười toe toét
- to grin at somebody: cười nhe răng với ai; toét miệng ra cười với ai
- to grin like a Cheshire cat: lúc nào cũng cười nhăn nhở
- to grin from ear to ear: cười miệng toét đến mang tai
- to grin and bear it: đành cười mà chịu vậy
- cười ngạo
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
(-nn-) ~ (at sb) to smile widely: [V] She grinned amiably at us. + They grinned with delight when they heard our news. + Stop grinning and tell me what happened! + He was grinning from ear to ear. + [VN] He grinned a welcome.
Idioms: grin and bear it (only used as an infinitive and in orders) to accept pain, disappointment or a difficult situation without complaining: There's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to grin and bear it.
+ noun
a wide smile: She gave a broad grin. + a wry / sheepish grin + 'No,' he said with a grin. + Take that grin off your face!
Collocation
ADJ.
big, broad, huge, large, wide | faint, feeble | friendly, sympathetic | infectious | lazy | fatuous, foolish, goofy, silly | boyish, cheeky, impish, mischievous, sly
Edmund looked up with an impish grin.
| bashful, sheepish | sickly | rueful, sardonic, wry | self-deprecatory, self-mocking | knowing | insane, manic | grim, humourless, mirthless | evil, ferocious, hideous, wicked, wolfish | crooked, lopsided | gap-toothed, toothless, toothy
VERB + GRIN
crack, force, give (sb)
He gave the photographer a big grin.
| break into, split into
The old man's face broke into a grin.
| hide, restrain, stifle
She tried to stifle a grin.
GRIN + VERB
broaden, grow broader/wider, widen | appear, spread across/over sth
A mischievous grin spread across the little girl's face.
| disappear, fade
His wry grin faded.
PREP.
with a ~
‘Fooled you!’ he said, with a cheeky grin.
| ~ at
a grin at his wife
| ~ of
a grin of triumph
PHRASES
take/wipe the grin off your face
Take that grin off your face!
| wipe the grin off sb's face
I'll soon wipe that silly grin off her face.
Concise dictionary
grinned|grinning|grinsgrɪnnoun
+a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
verb
+to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
