She chuckled at the memory of what he had said. everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes
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ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHUCKLE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤light, little, quiet, slight, soft輕聲的笑;悄聲的笑▸➤deep, low低沉的笑;低聲笑➤hearty開懷的輕聲笑➤good愉快的輕聲笑➤amused, nervous被逗樂的咯咯笑;緊張的低聲笑VERB + CHUCKLE➤give, have, let out發出輕笑聲◇She gave a little chuckle.她小聲地笑了笑。➤draw, elicit, get引起輕笑聲◇He got a chuckle from a few members of the audience.觀眾中有幾個人對他發出輕笑。➤hold back, stifle, suppress忍住輕笑聲▸➤hear聽到輕笑聲PREPOSITION➤with a chuckle輕笑着◇'I was only kidding!' he said with a low chuckle.“我只是開玩笑!”他低聲笑着說。➤chuckle about, chuckle over因⋯的暗笑◇We had a good chuckle over the whole thing.我們為整個事情偷笑了好一陣兒。chuckle
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ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤lightly, quietly, slightly, softly輕聲地笑;悄聲地笑➤heartily開心地輕聲笑➤nervously緊張地輕聲笑PREPOSITION➤about, over因為⋯而輕聲笑◇She was still chuckling about the story the next day.第二天她想起那個故事還在暗自發笑呢。➤at由於⋯而暗笑◇He chuckled at the thought of the two of them stuck in the snow.想到他們兩個困在雪中的情景,他就暗自發笑。PHRASES➤chuckle to yourself暗自發笑◇She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look.想起他那震驚的表情,她就暗自發笑。