smileとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Old Norse *smíla (“to smile”) (compare Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“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/, /ˈsmaɪ.əl/
• 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, goodwill, or anxiety.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:smile

   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.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     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:

     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.

2. (figuratively) Favour; propitious regard.

   the smile of the gods

3. (slang, dated) A drink bought by one person for another.

   Synonym: treat

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[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     “ […] 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.

   • 1969, Mike d'Abo (lyrics かつ music), “Handbags & Gladrags”, performed by Rod Stewart:

     Once I was a young man / And all I thought I had to do was smile

   • 1997, Carlin, George, Brain Droppings‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, LCCN 96-52373, OCLC 36084460, OL 26335012M, page 70:

     If a man smiles all the time he's probably selling something that doesn't work.

   • 2019 December 18, Paul Stephen, “This is the best job I've ever had”, in Rail, page 52:

     She adds: "We have two mottos at Kingston which we've stuck to the window in the ticket office. One says 'If you can be anything in the world then be kind', while the other reads: 'Smile while you've still got teeth'.

2. (transitive) To express by smiling.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     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.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], OCLC 1015450009, canto III, stanza I:

     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.

   • 1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard:

     The desert smil'd, / And paradise was open'd in the wild.

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

   The gods smiled on his labours.

派生語

アナグラム

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