laugh[lɑ:f; læf]

• vi.
  • 笑，大笑：

    The guests all laughed loudly.

    客人们都大声笑了。

  • 欢笑，笑逐颜开：

    laughing eyes

    眉开眼笑

  • 发笑：

    We were laughing about that absent-minded professor.

    我们都在笑那个心不在焉的教授。

• vt.
  • 以笑表示：

    The teacher laughed her dissent.

    老师笑着表示不同意。

  • 笑得使…，使笑得：

    The dancer was laughed off the stage.

    舞蹈演员被一片哄笑声赶下了舞台。

    to laugh oneself hoarse

    笑得声音嘶哑

• n.
  • 笑，笑声
  • 趣事；令人发笑的事
  • 嘲笑，取乐
  • [复数] [口语]欢乐；娱乐；逗乐
  • 笑料，娱乐
• 近义词:

  chuckle.giggle

• 短语:
  • affected laugh 假笑，装出来的笑
  • a laugh and a half 笑料，笑柄
  • be laughing [口语]走运
  • be laughing all the way to the bank 发大财
  • break into a laugh 突然大笑起来
  • burst out laughing 放声大笑，突然笑起来
  • die with (或of) laughing 大笑不止；笑死人了[亦作 die with laughter]
  • don't make me laugh [口语]你太可笑了，别让我笑掉牙，别开玩笑了
  • fall about laughing ＝ fall about [见 fall]
  • for laughs [美国俚语]为了取乐，当作消遣，借以开心
  • force a laugh 强颜欢笑
  • get a laugh =raise a laugh
  • get (或 have) the laugh at (或of,on,over) someone 轮到某人被嘲笑，反笑某人；使某人丢脸；驳倒某人；占某人上风
  • have a good (或 hearty) laugh 尽情地笑，笑得痛快
  • have (或 get) the last laugh 笑到最后；让讥笑者尴尬；获得最后的胜利[亦作have (或 get) the laugh on one's side]
  • He who laughs best laughs last. [亦作 He laughs best who laughs last.或 He who laughs last laughs loudest (或 longest).][谚语]谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好；最后的胜利才是真胜利；别高兴得太早。
  • holy laugh (或 laughing) [美国英语]狂笑；歇斯底里的笑；充满宗教狂热的笑
  • horse laugh 哄笑
  • it is so laugh 可笑极了，真可笑(用于可喜可贺或荒唐可笑之事)[1991]
  • join in the laugh (受嘲笑者全不在意而)随大家一起笑
  • kill oneself laughing [口语]笑死人，笑痛肚子
  • laugh against one's will 违心地笑
  • Laugh and grow fat. [谚语]心宽体胖。
  • Laugh and the world laughs with you,weep (或 cry) and you weep (或 cry) alone. 笑时皆欢喜，哭时独垂泪。(得志时众人附和，失意时只得独自悲伤，用来比喻世态炎凉)
  • laugh before breakfast,you'll cry before supper 早餐之前笑，晚餐没吃就得哭；笑得早，哭得也早
  • laugh fit to bust 捧腹大笑
  • laugh fit to kill [口语]狂笑，拼命地笑
  • laugh in someone's sleeve 见 sleeve
  • laugh in someone's face 见face
  • laugh like a drain [口语]开怀大笑；放声不笑；咯咯地笑
  • laugh like a hyena 歇斯底里地笑
  • Laugh ! I thought I'd die ! 真是笑死我了!
  • laugh oneself into convulsions 见convulsion
  • laugh on (或 out of) the other (或 wrong) side of the (或 one's mouth, 或 face) 哭；转喜为忧；由得意转为失意
  • laugh one's head off 大笑不止；笑得前仰后合
  • laugh out of court 一笑置之，对…付之一笑；用嘲笑以示拒绝
  • laugh out one's consent 含笑以示同意
  • laugh someone out of 用笑声使某人忘掉忧愁(或减轻怒气)
  • laugh someone (或 something) to scorn 嘲笑，挖苦；蔑视[亦作 pour scorn on]
  • laugh under one's breath 不出声地笑
  • laugh until (till) one cries 笑得流出眼泪；歇斯底里地大笑[亦作 laugh until the tears ran down one's face]
  • no laughing matter 严肃的事情
  • on the laugh 笑着
  • raise a laugh —引人发笑，惹人大笑
  • raise a laugh (或 turn the laugh) against someone([美国英语]put the laugh on someone) 让某人成为笑柄；使某人处于可笑的地位
  • sardonic laugh 冷笑，轻蔑的笑
  • That's a laugh. 真是笑话!
  • the last laugh (历经挫折和失败后获得的)最后的胜利
  • the laugh is on someone 某人该受嘲笑；失败落在某人头上