1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to make a smile appear on your face:
to smile sweetly / faintly / broadly * She smiled at him and he smiled back. * He smiled with relief. * He never seems to smile. * I had to smile at (= was amused by) his optimism. * Her eyes smiled up at him. * He smiled to think how naive he used to be.
2 to say or express sth with a smile:
[VN] She smiled her thanks. * [Vspeech] 'Perfect,' he smiled.
3 [VN] [nopassive] (written) to give a smile of a particular type:
to smile a slow / small / grim / knowing smile * She smiled a smile of dry amusement.
IDIOMS see EAR
PHRASALVERBS
smile on sb/sth (formal) if luck, etc. smiles on you, you are lucky or successful
词性: noun
the expression that you have on your face when you are happy, amused, etc. in which the corners of your mouth turn upwards:
'Oh, hello,' he said, with a smile. * She gave a wry smile. * He had a big smile on his face. * I'm going to wipe that smile off your face (= make you stop thinking this is funny).
IDIOMS
all smiles looking very happy, especially soon after you have been looking worried or sad:
Twelve hours later she was all smiles again.
