straight-faced

IPA/ˌstreɪt ˈfeɪst/
IPA/ˌstreɪt ˈfeɪst/

straight-faced — 形容詞

1. showing no smile or laugh on your face, especially when you are deliberately hid

1.形容詞B2
釋義

面無表情的

臉上不露笑意或情緒的

showing no smile or laugh on your face, especially when you are deliberately hiding your reaction to something amusing or surprising.

例句

Even when everyone else was laughing at the joke, Sirin remained straight-faced.

即使其他人都被那個笑話逗笑了，Sirin 仍然面無表情。

predicative use: remained straight-faced

The comedian's straight-faced delivery made the audience laugh even harder.

那位喜劇演員面無表情的表達方式，反而讓觀眾笑得更厲害。

attributive use: straight-faced delivery

常見搭配
  • remain straight-faced
  • stay straight-faced
  • straight-faced expression
  • straight-faced delivery
同義詞
  • deadpan

    emphasises a deliberately blank expression, often for comic effect; more common in descriptions of performers

  • poker-faced

    suggests hiding one's thoughts or intentions, especially in negotiation or competition

  • serious

    broader term; describes a thoughtful or grave manner, not necessarily suppressing laughter

反義詞
  • smiling

    showing happiness or amusement openly

  • grinning

    smiling broadly, the opposite of a straight face

文法句型

straight-faced + noun

remain/stay + straight-faced

用法筆記

Straight-faced is less frequent than the noun phrase a straight face (e.g. keep a straight face). It is most common in written narrative describing someone's deliberate lack of reaction.

常見錯誤

He remained straightforward during the joke.
He remained straight-faced during the joke.
Straightforward means honest or easy to understand, not blank-faced or serious.
She kept a straight-faced.
She kept a straight face.
After keep a, use the noun form straight face, not the adjective straight-faced.
慣用語

keep a straight face

idiom

to stay serious and not smile or laugh, even though you find something amusing.

忍住不笑；板著臉

Chidi somehow kept a straight face while his boss yelled at him for the broken computer.

It was hard to keep a straight face when Rania announced she was the queen of the kitchen.

同根字

  • straight face
    名詞B2

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