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| 1 | to make the noise with your voice that shows you think something is funny 笑；发笑 |
| We talked and laughed late into the night. 我们说说笑笑一直到深夜。 |
| +at The audience didn’ t laugh at his jokes. 观众们没觉得他的笑话好笑。 |
| +about They were still laughing about the experience years later. 多年以后，他们仍对那段经历感到好笑。 |
| burst out laughing (=start laughing suddenly) She burst out laughing when she saw what he was wearing. 突然笑起来 |
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| 2 | to show that you think someone or something is stupid or deserves no respect 嘲笑；讥笑 |
| When I told them my idea, they just laughed. 我告诉他们我的想法时，他们只是付之一笑。 |
| laugh in sb’ s face If someone had told me this was going to happen, I would’ ve laughed in their face. 要是有人早告诉我会发生这样的事，我会当面讥笑他们的。 |
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| - | be laughing informal
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| to be in a very good situation , especially as a result of something you have received |
| （尤指获得某物后）满意，心满意足 |
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| If this deal comes off as planned we’ ll be laughing. 如果这次交易能按计划获得成功，那我们就心满意足了。 |
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| - | don’ t make me laugh spoken
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| used for telling someone that you disagree with them or think what they said is not possible or true |
| （用于表明不同意对方的观点或认为对方所说的不可能或不属实）别让我笑掉大牙了，别开玩笑了 |
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| - | laugh all the way to the bank informal
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| to make a lot of money easily |
| 轻松地赚大钱；发大财 |
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| - | laugh out of court
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| if you laugh someone or something out of court , you show them that you think their ideas or suggestions are very silly |
| 对（想法或建议）一笑了之；对…置之不理 |
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| - | laugh up your sleeve
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| to be secretly happy , especially because someone you do not want to succeed has failed or made a mistake |
| 暗笑；偷笑；窃喜 |
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| - | no laughing matter
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| something that should be treated seriously |
| 很严肃的事；不是开玩笑的事 |
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| - | not know whether to laugh or cry
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| to feel confused and not know what to do when something bad happens, usually something unexpected |
| （在不幸的意外发生时）不知如何是好 |
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| - | you have to laugh spoken
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| used for saying that , although a situation may seem completely bad , you are able to find something funny about it |
| （尽管情况看似一团糟但仍有滑稽之处因而）不由觉得好笑 |
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| - | you’ ll be laughing on the other side of your face spoken
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| used for telling someone that something is going to happen to stop them feeling so happy about a situation |
| 你会转喜为悲的；你将由得意变成失意 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈlaugh at |
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| | laugh at sb: to behave in a way that shows your are not worried or frightened by something 对…一笑置之；对…不以为意；漠视 | He’ s always been able to laugh at danger. 对于危险他总能够一笑置之。 | |
| | - | laugh at sb behind his/her back
| | to say unkind things about someone when they are not there | | 背着某人说其坏话 | | | | | | - | laugh at yourself
| | to not be too serious or sensitive about yourself and the things you do | | 自我解嘲 | | | | In a culture that too often lacks perspective, these cartoons give Americans the chance to laugh at themselves. 在一种通常缺乏思想深度的文化中，这些漫画给了美国人一个自我解嘲的机会。 | | | |
| - | ˌlaugh ˈoff or ˌlaugh aˈway |
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| | to joke about something to show that you think it is not important or serious 用笑驱除，用笑话来摆脱（不快等） | They just laughed off the rumours that they are getting married. 对于他们要结婚的传言他们只是一笑了之。 | |
| Other ways of saying : laugh | | | | | | laugh的其他表达方式 | | | | giggle to laugh in a nervous or excited way, especially at something silly咯咯地笑；傻笑: Andy and Sarah were giggling helplessly at the back of the class.安迪和萨拉在教室后面咯咯地笑成一团。 | | chuckle to laugh quietly, especially in a private or secret way低声轻笑；（尤指）偷偷地笑: ‘Now that was a sight to see!’ chuckled Anne as she looked at the photos.安妮一边看着照片一边轻声笑道，“瞧，这多可笑呀！” | | cackle to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, especially when you are taking pleasure in someone else’ s bad luck（尤指幸灾乐祸地）高声大笑: The old man was cackling horribly and rubbing his hands.老头狞笑着，不停地抓挠自己的手。 | | snigger to laugh secretly and quietly, especially in an unkind way or at something that is rude（尤指刻薄地）暗笑，窃笑: The children started sniggering at Judy’ s dancing.看着朱迪跳舞，孩子们开始窃笑。 | | titter to laugh quietly and unkindly when something embarrassing happens（在尴尬发生时）窃笑，哧哧地笑: The audience tittered as Brock fell through the door.布罗克穿过门口时摔了一跤，观众们窃笑起来。 | | get the giggles to start giggling and be unable to stop开始咯咯地笑个不停: We got the giggles in the middle of the ceremony and Sarah was furious.典礼举行到一半时我们开始咯咯地笑个没完，萨拉为此大为光火。 | | be in hysterics/stitches to laugh in an excited and uncontrolled way狂笑不止；捧腹大笑: You should have seen his face – we were in absolute hysterics!你当时该看看他的表情，我们个个笑得前仰后合！ | | crack up (informal) to suddenly start laughing at something, often in a situation when you are not supposed to（常指在不适宜的场合）突然开始大笑起来: When he told us to leave the room, we just cracked up, I’ m afraid.他叫我们离开房间时，我们却突然大笑起来。 | | | |
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