smile

US: /ˈsmaɪɫ/

UK: /smˈa‍ɪl/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

smile /smail/
  • danh từ
    • nụ cười; vẻ mặt tươi cười
      • to give a faint smile: cười nửa miệng
      • face wreathed in smiles: mặt tươi cười
  • nội động từ
    • mỉm cười, cười tủm tỉm; cười
      • to smile sweetly: cười dịu dàng
      • to smile cynically: cười dịu dàng
    • to smile away
      • cười để xua tan
    • to smile someone's anger away: cười cho ai hết giận
    • to smile on (upon)
      • mỉm cười với; mỉm cười ra ý tán thành, mỉm cười đồng ý, mỉm cười động viên
    • fortune smiles on (upon) him: hắn gặp vận may
    • to come up smiling
      • lại tiếp tục đương đầu với những khó khăn mới, lại tiếp tục một keo mới
    • to smile somebody into doing something
      • cười để khiến ai làm việc gì

Advanced English dictionary

verb, noun
+ verb
1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to make a smile appear on your face: to smile sweetly / faintly / broadly + She smiled at him and he smiled back. + He smiled with relief. + He never seems to smile. + I had to smile at (= was amused by) his optimism. + Her eyes smiled up at him. + He smiled to think how naive he used to be.
2 to say or express sth with a smile: [VN] She smiled her thanks. + [V speech] 'Perfect,' he smiled.
3 [VN] [no passive] (written) to give a smile of a particular type: to smile a slow / small / grim / knowing smile + She smiled a smile of dry amusement.
Idioms see EAR
Phrasal Verbs: smile on sb/sth (formal) if luck, etc. smiles on you, you are lucky or successful
+ noun
the expression that you have on your face when you are happy, amused, etc. in which the corners of your mouth turn upwards: 'Oh, hello,' he said, with a smile. + She gave a wry smile. + He had a big smile on his face. + I'm going to wipe that smile off your face (= make you stop thinking this is funny).
Idioms: all smiles looking very happy, especially soon after you have been looking worried or sad: Twelve hours later she was all smiles again.

Thesaurus dictionary

v.
1 grin, beam:
He smiled and said he was pleased to meet me.
n.
2 grin:
Georgina bestowed on me a sweet, wistful smile.

Collocation

ADJ.

bright, broad, wide | faint, thin, wan, weak | beatific, cheerful, dazzling, happy, radiant, sunny, warm
the warm smile in his eyes
| charming, gentle, sweet, winning | arch, disarming, enigmatic, mocking, rueful, sardonic, wry
She gave a wry smile.
| sad | shy | apologetic, sheepish | encouraging, indulgent, reassuring | polite | beguiling | ready | fixed, forced | supercilious | conspiratorial, knowing | grim
a grim smile of satisfaction
| humourless, mirthless
She suppressed a mirthless smile.
| crooked, lopsided | toothless

QUANT.

glimmer, hint, trace
A trace of a smile played across her lips.

VERB + SMILE

have, wear
She had a happy smile on her face.
| flash (sb), give sb, smile
He flashed her a disarming smile. She smiled a smile of dry amusement.
| manage
She managed a weak smile.
| return
She returned his smile.
| hide, repress, suppress
They had to hide their smiles.
| forced
Her father forced a smile.
| bring
Her antics brought a smile to my face.
| crease into
His face creased into a smile.

SMILE + VERB

fade, freeze, vanish
Her sunny smile vanished as she read the letter.
| cross sth, flicker across sth, play across sth
A faint smile flickered across her face.
| tug at the corner of the mouth
A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
| grow, spread (across/over sth)
Her smile grew radiant. A gentle smile spread over her face.

PREP.

with a ~
‘Oh, hello, ’ he said, with a smile.
| ~ of
a smile of approval

PHRASES

be all smiles
Twelve hours later she was all smiles again.
| be wreathed in smiles
His face was wreathed in smiles.
| wipe the smile off sb's face
I'm going to wipe that smile off your face (= make you stop thinking this is funny).

ADV.

broadly, widely
She put down her tools and smiled broadly.
| faintly, slightly, thinly, wanly, weakly
He looked at the mess and smiled weakly.
| dazzlingly, happily, radiantly, warmly
Lawrence nodded, smiling happily.
| charmingly, gently, sweetly, winningly | benignly, kindly, politely | shyly | encouragingly, indulgently, reassuringly
The doctor smiled reassuringly.
| apologetically, sheepishly | ruefully, wryly
Molly smiled rather wryly and said nothing.
| archly, enigmatically | conspiratorially | sadly | grimly | humourlessly, mirthlessly | crookedly, lopsidedly | back
He smiled at her, and she smiled back.

VERB + SMILE

try to | manage to | make sb
The memory still made her smile.

PREP.

at
He turned and smiled at me.
| with
She smiled with pleasure.

PHRASES

smile from ear to ear, smile to yourself
She smiled to herself, picturing how surprised her mother would be to see her.


Concise dictionary

smiles|smiled|smilingsmaɪl
noun
+a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
verb
+change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
+express with a smile

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