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在《绝望的主妇》中，Susan的前夫Karl与Edie分手后，到Susan那里寻找安慰。平常Susan一定会幸灾乐祸，但适逢她和Mike也刚刚分手，于是Susan对Karl变得很温和：There's no gloating from me.(我不会幸灾乐祸的)
Here, gloat has the meaning of "malicious satisfaction", 意即“心满意足或贪婪地看待”，它源自古代斯堪的纳维亚语，表示嬉笑、露齿而笑，也是一个典型的象声词。
事实上，很多“笑”的英语单词都是象声词。下面所示为不同“笑”的英语单词：

cackle      格格地笑
chuckle    轻笑
giggle      傻笑
gloat       得意地笑
grin         露齿而笑
guffaw    狂笑
laugh      大笑
smile       微笑
smirk       假笑
sneer      嘲笑
snicker    窃笑

And here are some sentences about the above words...
The old man cackled at his own joke. 老头儿为自己讲的笑话格格地笑了起来
Father always chuckles when he reads the funny papers.爸爸在看报上的滑稽连环画栏时总是轻声发笑
My mistake set all the girls giggling.我的错误把所有的姑娘惹得咯咯直笑
We shouldn't gloat over his difficulty.我们不应该看到他的困难就幸灾乐祸
She grinned her approval.她露齿一笑，表示赞许
He guffawed his satisfaction. 他大笑着表示满意
Everybody would drop dead laughing no matter what he said.不管他说什么，人人都会捧腹大笑
She smiled through her tears.她噙着眼泪微笑
I detected a smirk on his face.我发觉他脸上露出一丝假笑
A sneer flitted over his face.他脸上掠过一丝讥笑
With a self-conscious snicker, he left the room.他带着尴尬的傻笑离开了房间
那么，现在你会“笑”了吗？

摘自《看<绝望的主妇>，品美国文化》