sardonic
/sɑɹˈdɑnɪk/ 形容词 C2中文： 讥讽的、嘲笑的、冷笑的
- Scornfully mocking or cynical. · He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
- Disdainfully or ironically humorous.
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I knew not what wild beast we were about to hunt down in the dark jungle of criminal London, but I was well assured, from the bearing of this master huntsman, that the adventure was a most grave one—while the sardonic smile which occasionally broke through his ascetic gloom boded little good for the object of our quest.
The carriage stopped, the doctor alighted, walked swiftly back to where I had also halted, and told me in an excellent sardonic fashion that he feared the road was narrow, and that he hoped his carriage did not impede the passage of my bicycle.
I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I’ll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption.
He was crouching for his final spring and blow when a cool, sardonic voice greeted him from the open bedroom door:
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