English Dictionary

risus sardonicus

名詞

A rictus grin; an abnormal sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning, characteristic of tetanus and of strychnine poisoning.

日本語の意味

破傷風やストリキニン中毒などで見られる、顔面筋が異常に持続的に痙攣して、口角が引き上げられる結果、笑っているように見える状態。

At the crime scene, the photographer captured the victim's frozen risus sardonicus, a rictus grin that chilled everyone who saw it.

現場で、写真家は犠牲者のひきつった笑みを写し取り、それを見た者全員を震え上がらせた。

意味（1）

A rictus grin; an abnormal sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning, characteristic of tetanus and of strychnine poisoning.