chortles

英 [ˈtʃɔːtlz]

美 [ˈtʃɔːrtlz]

v.  开怀大笑; 高兴得咯咯笑; 哈哈大笑
n.  哈哈大笑
chortle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 哈哈笑;呵呵笑
  Tochortlemeans to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
  1. There was silence for a moment, then Larry began chortling like an idiot.
     先是一阵沉默，然后拉里像个白痴似的呵呵笑起来。
  2. Chortleis also a noun.
     
  3. He gave a chortle.
     他咯咯笑了笑。

双语例句

• Both laugh. A small crew of Helm's Deep survivors arrive. Pippin chortles like a loon.
  大家都笑了。一小队海尔姆深谷的幸存者抵达。皮平咯咯笑得像个傻瓜。
• Three yellow-billed blue magpies throw themselves into the air with startled chortles, fluttering their absurdly long tail feathers.
  三只黄嘴蓝鹃惊叫着飞到空中，拍打着它们奇长的尾羽。
• The students may have got an E in their tests but they've been creating chortles on the internet since the site was created.
  学生们也许考试成绩只得了E，但是自从该网站成立后，他们就在网上为大家带来了笑声。