rictus

A noun referring to a gaping or fixed grimace, often expressing pain, shock, or a forced smile.

• 🇨🇳指嘴巴张开、露出牙齿的僵硬或扭曲的表情，常因痛苦、震惊、恐惧或强作笑容而产生。也指动物张开的嘴或龇牙咧嘴的样子。

1. Gaping grimace C2 formal

   A fixed or unnatural grin or grimace, often showing the teeth.

   • The clown's painted rictus was both comical and unsettling.
   • He wore a rictus of pain as the doctor examined his wound.
   • Her smile was a frozen rictus, betraying her true anxiety.

   🇨🇳龇牙咧嘴

   同义词: grimacegrinsmirksneer

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