英语词汇chortle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	chortle
词源	chortle. Author Lewis Carroll coined chortle, “to chuckle gleefully,” in Through the Looking Glass (1871)—the word a blend of “snort” and “chuckle.”
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