1 VERB 笑;大笑 When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly. 笑;大笑
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He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh. [VERB]
他正要解释,她却笑起来了。
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He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad. [VERB + with]
人们说他长得像父亲时,他乐得大笑起来。
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The British don't laugh at the same jokes as the French. [VERB + at]
法国人觉得好笑的笑话,英国人不一定会笑。
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'I'll be astonished if I win on Sunday,' laughed Lyle. [VERB with quote]
“我要是星期天能赢那就真是奇了怪了,”莱尔笑道。
SYN chuckle, giggle, snigger, crack up [informal]
2 VERB 嘲笑;讥笑 If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them. 嘲笑;讥笑
3 PHRASE 开玩笑;逗趣 If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun. 开玩笑;逗趣
4 PHRASE 引人发笑;逗笑 If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh. 引人发笑;逗笑 [mainly British]
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If you can get a laugh by wearing a silly hat, you must have been born a comic.
如果你戴一顶傻傻的帽子就能让人发笑,那你一定是天生的笑匠。
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The joke got a big laugh, which encouraged me to continue.
我的笑话引来哄堂大笑,这使我深受鼓舞,继续往下讲。
5 PHRASE 好玩/ 开心/有点意思 If you describe a situation as a laugh ,a good laugh, or a bit of a laugh, you think that it is fun and do not take it too seriously. 好玩/ 开心/有点意思 [mainly British, informal]
6 PHRASE 开心果;逗笑好玩的人 If you describe someone as a laugh or a good laugh, you like them because they are amusing and fun to be with. 开心果;逗笑好玩的人 [mainly British]
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] (尤指经历了最初的苦恼不快后)觉得…可笑,对…一笑置之 If you have a good laugh about something, you find it amusing and realize that it is funny, especially when the situation was at first upsetting. (尤指经历了最初的苦恼不快后)觉得…可笑,对…一笑置之
8 PHRASE 笑到最后;取得最后胜利 If you say that you have the last laugh, you mean that you become successful at something so that people who criticize or oppose you look foolish. 笑到最后;取得最后胜利
9 CONVENTION 别让我笑掉大牙了;别逗了 Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate. 别让我笑掉大牙了;别逗了 [informal, disapproval]
10 CONVENTION (对于困境或令人失望的境况)何妨一笑,还有可笑之处 If you say 'you've got to laugh' or 'you have to laugh', you are trying to see the amusing side of a difficult or disappointing situation rather than being sad or angry about it. (对于困境或令人失望的境况)何妨一笑,还有可笑之处 [informal]
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The bikers have shown enough contempt of the law to ride their machines over police cars. 'You've got to laugh at their audacity,' said Mr Starkey.
摩托车党藐视法律,竟对警车玩起凌空飞车来。“牛气可嘉呀,”斯塔基先生说道。
11 to laugh someone out of court→see: court to laugh in someone's face→see: face to laugh your head off→see: head no laughing matter→see: matter to laugh all the way to the bank→see: way
Quotations
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has enough trouble of its own Ella Wheeler Wilcox Solitude
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man Fyodor Dostoevsky The House of the Dead
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Thesaurus | laugh Also look up: |
VERB. | chuckle, crack up, giggle, howl, snicker; (ant.) cry 1 |
Word Partnership | Use laugh with: |
VERB. | begin/start to laugh, hear someone laugh, make someone laugh, try to laugh 1 |
ADJ. | big laugh, good laugh, hearty laugh, little laugh 1 |
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