transcription, транскрипция: [ smaɪl ]
( smiles, smiling, smiled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you smile , the corners of your mouth curve up and you sometimes show your teeth. People smile when they are pleased or amused, or when they are being friendly.
When he saw me, he smiled and waved...
He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled ruefully at me...
His smiling face appears on T-shirts, billboards, and posters.
VERB : V , V at n , V-ing
2.
A smile is the expression that you have on your face when you smile.
She gave a wry smile...
‘There are some sandwiches if you’re hungry,’ she said with a smile...
N-COUNT
3.
If you say that something such as fortune smiles on someone, you mean that they are lucky or successful. ( LITERARY )
When fortune smiled on him, he made the most of it...
VERB : V on/upon n
4.
If you say that someone is all smiles , you mean that they look very happy, often when they have previously been worried or upset about something.
PHRASE : v-link PHR