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新高考英语作文写作指导与解读——读后续写感情词和动作词的精致表达（1）
题注：做这个内容，主要为读后续写考虑。读后续写为新高考的题型，体裁是记叙文，而记
叙文涉及 到很多心理活动或表情等词汇。

以下内容摘自朗文词典的词条。每个词条下是英文解释，由 于情绪词之间的差别非常微妙，
只能通过英文解释才能体会到。后面还有词典提供的例句。

考虑到高中课标词汇有限，部分词汇属于超纲词，超纲厉害的删掉了，仅保留很少的但常用
的。


一、“说”法不一：关于say的多样表达

whisper

to say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your full voice:

“Don’t wake the baby,” Jenny whispered. | you,she whispered in his ear. | They were
whispering something to each other.

mumble

to say something quietly without pronouncing the words clearly:

He mumbled a few words of thanks.

mutter

to say something quietly, especially when you are annoyed but do not want someone to hear you
complaining:


home early. | Stop muttering to yourself and speak clearly.

murmur

to say something in a soft slow gentle voice:

She stroked his hair and murmured,

growl

to say something in a low angry voice:

snarl

to say something in a nasty angry way:



exclaim

to say something suddenly and loudly:



blurt out

to suddenly say something without thinking, especially something embarrassing or secret:

It was partly nervousness that had made him blurt out the question.

stammerstutter

to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, because you have a speech problem, or
because you are nervous or excited:

“I’ll, I’ll only be a m-moment,” he stammered.



二、跑步前进：关于run的多种说法

jog

to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:

A few people were jogging in the park. | He collapsed while jogging in Central Park. | I go jogging
three times a week. | A young couple jogged past us.

racedash

to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:

He dashed across the road to the police station. | We raced to the bus stop and got there just in

time.

sprint

to run as fast as you can for a short distance:

I saw the runners sprinting past. | He sprinted up the stairs.

tear

to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:

He tore down the street and around the corner. | The sheep were tearing across the field.

charge

to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that
gets in your way:

They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o’clock. | Dennis charged through the door into my
office. | The local police chief came charging into the yard.

take to your heels

to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:

The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.



以下是动物跑

trot

to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:

A little dog was trotting along behind her.

gallop

if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:

The horse galloped off across the field.

bolt

to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:

Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge. | You don't want to make the horse bolt.



三、眉开眼笑：和smile有关的表达

grin

to give a big smile:

The two boys were grinning at each other. | The coach was grinning from ear to ear (=was
grinning a lot) when the team scored.

beam

to give a big happy smile for a long time, because you are very pleased or proud:

She beamed with pride as her son collected the award. | The wedding couple were outside,
beaming at the camera.

smirk

to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased about someone else’s bad
luck or because you know something that someone else does not know:

The children smirked when the teacher dropped all the books on the floor. | What are you
smirking about? | Sarah smirked at him nastily.



以下的词和smile还是有区别的，和laugh很靠近

giggle

to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or
embarrassed:

A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner. | She tends to giggle when she meets new
people.

chuckle

to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny:

He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper. | used to get up to all kinds of
mischief.

snigger BrE snicker AmE

to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or
embarrassed:

Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.

roar with laughter

to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice:

I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.

shriek with laughter

to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice:

Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.

howl with laughter

to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together:

His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.

cackle

to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way:

The old woman cackled at us when she realised the trouble she was causing.



四、嚎啕大哭：和cry有关的词

be in tears

to be crying:

By the end of his story, we were all in tears.

be close to tears

to be almost crying:

You could see that she was close to tears.

weep literary

to cry, especially for a long time:

His mother put her head on the table and wept.

sob

to cry, taking sudden loud breaths:

I could hear someone sobbing in the next room.

wail

to cry very loudly in a high voice:

The baby started wailing for its mother.

whimper

to cry quietly and weakly:

She began rocking to and fro, whimpering softly.

holdfight back the tears

to make a big effort not to cry:

She told her story, struggling to hold back the tears.

your eyes water

if your eyes water, they have tears in them, for example because of smoke, wind, or when you are
cutting onions:

The onions were making my eyes water. | She was laughing so much that her eyes started to
water.



如何表示突然开始哭：

burst into tears

to suddenly start crying:

The man shouted at her and she suddenly burst into tears.

break down

to start crying after trying hard not to cry, especially when talking about something very
upsetting:

He broke down and begged for forgiveness. | When I saw what had happened to him, I just broke
down and cried.



五、你幸福吗？如何表示happy

cheerful

voice | smile | face | expression | manner | mood | atmosphere | woman | man | room | place
| colour

looking or sounding happy:

“Great to see you!” he said in a cheerful voice. | “I’m Robyn,” she said with a cheerful smile.
“Pleased to meet you.” | It was the end of term and everyone was in a cheerful mood. | Mrs
Johnson was a cheerful woman with enormous energy. | The room was painted in bright cheerful
colours. | He seems a lot more cheerful today.

contented

smile | expression | silence | sigh | mood | man | woman | baby | cat

feeling happy with your life, job, situation etc. Contented sounds a little formal and is mainly used
in written English:

There was a contented smile on the little boy’s face. | She sat down with a contented expression
on her face. | They sat for a few minutes in contented silence. | The old man was in a contented
mood after eating a very large lunch. | He was a contented man, with a good wife and a
prosperous farm. | Haverford looked like a particularly contented baby at feeding-time. | She was
contented with her job at the university.

pleasedglad

happy because something good has happened:

I’m pleased I passed my exam. | He was glad to see someone that he knew.

Pleased and glad are not usually used before a noun.

If someone seems happy, you can also say that he or she is in a good mood.



以下表示极度高兴的表达

delighted

very happy because something good has happened:

The doctors say they are delighted with her progress.

thrilled

very happy and excited about something:

He’s thrilled at the idea of going to Disneyworld.

overjoyed

very happy because you have heard some good news:

She was overjoyed when she found out that her son was safe.

Delighted, thrilled, and overjoyed are not used before a noun.

ecstatic（超纲）

fans | crowd | welcome | review

extremely happy and feeling very excited:

The crowd were ecstatic, and cheered wildly. | The singer received an ecstatic welcome when he
arrived at the airport. | The play received ecstatic reviews. | The coach said he was simply
ecstatic about yesterday’s result.

blissful（超纲）

smile | weeks | hours

extremely happy, especially because something gives you a lot of pleasure:

The man lay asleep, a blissful smile on his face. | For two blissful weeks we explored the islands. |
They were alone together for three blissful hours. | It sounded blissful – sea, sun, and good food.

If someone is extremely happy because something good has happened, you can say that he or
she is on top of the world or over the moon: I was over the moon when I found out that I’d
passed my exam.