laughter linesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Especially visible when smiling or laughing.

名詞

laughter lines pl (plural only)

1. (usually) Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye.

   Synonym: crow's feet

   Hypernym: lines

   Coordinate term: laugh line

   • 1919, Cosmo Hamilton, Who Cares?‎:

     She wanted to hear his man's voice and see the laughter-lines come and go round his eyes.

2. (uncommon) Synonym of laugh lines.
   • 1903, Ambrose Bierce, “The Saint and the Monk”, in Shapes of Clay‎:

     A fat, orbicular and jolly soul / With laughter-lines upon each rosy jowl

   • 1989, Southern Africa Today, volume 6, page 25:

     […] laughter lines from the nostrils to the outer corners of the mouth and blend well. Setting your make-up […]

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laughter,‎ lines.

Further reading

• “laughter lines”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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