WordoftheDay：May19,2021

龇牙咧嘴（龇牙咧嘴的拼音怎么说）

rictus

扭曲（或怪笑）的嘴；龇牙咧嘴

nounRIK-tus

Definition

1：thegapeofabirdsmouth

张大嘴巴

2a：themouthorifice

口腔

b：agapinggrinorgrimace

咧嘴或鬼脸

Examples

"YoucouldmakeastrongcasethatthecurrentfaceoftheMarinersfranchise,genericallyspeaking,isfrozeninarictusoffrustration.…PerhapsonedaysoonasaviorwillemergeandleadtheMarinerstounachievedheights."—LarryStone,TheSeattleTimes,31Mar.2021

“你可以有充分的理由认为，水手队（橄榄球队）当前的面貌，就一般而言，是冻结（停留）在arictusoffrustration「一副沮丧扭曲的嘴脸」。或许不久的将来，救世主会出现，带领水手队达到前所未有的高度。”

"To[JimCarrey]fans,itsfuntowatchhimreturntosketchcomedy—themediumthatofferedhisbigbreakbackintheearly’90s—turnthatrubberfaceintoarictus,andwigglehisglued-oneyebrows."—AlisonHerman,TheRinger,9Oct.2020

对于[吉姆·凯瑞（JimCarrey）的粉丝来说，很有趣的是，看着他重返喜剧电影——在90年代初期大获成功的媒体——回到那张咧嘴的rubberface「橡胶脸？」，并扭动了hisglued-oneyebrows。”

DidYouKnow?

RictusbeganitsEnglishcareerinthelate17thcenturyasatechnicaltermforthemouthofananimal,thenewscienceofzoologyclearlycallingforsomeLatintosetitslingoapartfromthelanguageoffarmers.InLatin,rictusmeans"anopenmouth";itcomesfromtheverbringi,meaning"toopenthemouth."Zoologistscouldntkeepthewordtothemselves,though.Englishspeakerslikeditssoundtoomuch,andtheythoughtitwouldbegoodforreferringtoagapinggrinorgrimace.JamesJoyceusedthewordinbothUlysses(1922)andAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916),writinginthelatter,"Creatureswereinthefield….Goatishcreatureswithhumanfaces….Arictusofcruelmalignitylitupgreylytheiroldbonyfaces."

英语Rictus始于17世纪晚期，当时它是表示动物嘴的专业术语，动物学的新科学显然需要一些拉丁语，以使其行话有别于普通的话语。在拉丁语中，rictus的意思是“anopenmouth「张开的嘴」”;它来源于动词ringi，意思是“toopenthemouth「张开嘴巴」”。然而动物学家们却不能将这个词为他们所用（偷偷藏起来）。Englishspeakers太喜欢它的发音了，他们认为它可以用来指咧开嘴笑或做鬼脸。詹姆斯·乔伊斯在《尤利西斯》(1922)和《青年艺术家肖像》(1916)中都使用了这个词，在后者中描写道：“Creatureswereinthefield….Goatishcreatureswithhumanfaces….Arictusofcruelmalignitylitupgreylytheiroldbonyfaces.”

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