Life is not a bed of roses. It sometimes would make us cry. Sometimes we feel like laughing from the bottom of our hearts. It means that laughs and cries are two indispensable elements in our journey.

And no matter whether we laugh or cry, there are so many kinds of expressions. Accordingly, we need to have so many words or phrase to decribe these subjects in our life.

Different kinds of laughs:

1. 窃笑 snicker

To utter a partly stifled laugh

以有些僵硬的形式发出笑声

eg. I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker

我看到永远的仆人拿着我的大衣，并且傻笑

2. 傻笑/假笑 smirk

To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner.

做作地，通常是自鸣得意、令人生厌地微笑

eg. The old libertine looked with a knowing smirk at the beautiful young woman.

老色鬼用自鸣得意的，好象知道一切般的目光盯着漂亮的年轻女人.

3. 苦笑 smile bitterly

4. 咯咯地笑 giggle

5. 咧嘴而笑 grin

a broad smile that exposes the teeth; often it is a spontaneous expression of mirth, good humor, approval, or triumph

一种面积较大的微笑，露出牙齿； 通常它表示一种自然的欢乐、心情愉快、同意或胜利的感情

eg. And he owned with a grin,/That his favorite sin/Is pride that apes humility.

他总是面带笑容/他最喜欢的罪恶/就是象人性一般的骄傲.

6. 傻乎乎的微笑 simper

a silly, self-conscious, often coy smile

一种傻乎乎，难为情， 通常是羞答答的微笑

eg. The model looked at her reflection in the mirror with an idiotic simper.

模特儿带着傻乎乎的微笑望着镜子里自己的相貌。

7. 轻声笑/咯咯笑 chuckle

8. 强作欢颜 force a smile

9. 一笑而过 laugh it off

10. 展颜微笑/莞尔一笑 crack a smile

11. 谄笑，谄媚的笑 saccharine smile

Different kinds of cries:

1. 哭泣 weep

eg. She wept herself into a state of exhaustion.

她哭累了。

2. 呜咽 sob

describes weeping or a mixture of broken speech and weeping marked by convulsive breathing or gasping

描述的是哭泣或者以强烈的呼吸声或喘气声为特征的断断续续的讲话和哭泣声的混合

eg. sobbing and crying, and wringing her hands as if her heart would break

啜泣着并叫喊着，紧握着双手，她的心好象马上就会破碎似的

3. 抽咽，抽噎 sniffle

To weep or whimper lightly with spasmodic congestion of the nose.

抽泣：用力地抽动鼻子来低声哭泣或哭诉

4. 哭泣 snivel

To complain or whine tearfully.

抽噎：流着泪抱怨或哭诉

5. 哭泣，哽咽 moan

6. 嚎啕大哭，哭泣 blubber

refers to noisy, unrestrained shedding of tears accompanied by broken or inarticulate speech

指的是嘈杂地、无拘束地流眼泪并伴有断断续续的或口齿不清的讲话声

eg. He blubbered like a child who had been spanked.

他象一个被打屁股的小孩一样放声大哭起来.

7. 嚎啕大哭 howl

8. 哭泣 yammer

To complain peevishly or whimperingly; whine.

恼怒地或抽噎着抱怨；哀诉

9. 哀哭 whine

To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.

发出哀叫声：发出悲哀的，尖厉而拖长的声音，如在疼痛、恐惧、哀求或抱怨中

10. 哀号，恸哭 wail

refers primarily to sustained, inarticulate mournful sound

主要指的是持续的、口齿不清的哀悼声

eg. The women . . . began to wail together;they mourned with shrill cries.

女人们…开始一起嚎啕大哭；她们尖声叫喊着进行哀悼.

11. 喜极而泣 Tears of joy; cry with joy

12. 失声痛哭 Burst out weeping

13. 泣不成声 Choke with sobs