smileとは

語源

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Old Norse smīla (“to smile”) (compare Danish smile, Swedish smila (“to smile”)), from Proto-Germanic *smīlijaną, *smirōną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), 古期英語 smerian (“to laugh at”), 古期英語 smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin miror (“to wonder at”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪl/
• 韻: -aɪl

名詞

smile (複数形 smiles)

1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety.

   She's got a perfect smile.  He has a sinister smile.  She had a smile on her face.  He always puts a smile on my face.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. […] She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid […] Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0105:

     Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:smile

派生語

動詞

smile (三人称単数 現在形 smiles, 現在分詞 smiling, 過去形および過去分詞形 smiled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.

   When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.   I don't know what he's smiling about.   She smiles a beautiful smile.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.

2. (transitive) To express by smiling.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

   to smile consent, or a welcome

3. (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
   • Byron

     When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.

4. (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.

   The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.

   • Alexander Pope

     The desert smiled, / And paradise was opened in the wild.

5. (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.

   The gods smiled on his labours.

派生語

• smiler

アナグラム

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, misle, slime