laugh

英 [lɑːf] 美[læf]

n. 笑；引人发笑的事或人
vi. 笑
vt. 以笑表示；使…笑得

近义词 snicker chuckle roar guffaw howl giggle smile grin titter

反义词 cry

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英英释义

1. the sound of laughing

2. a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing;: "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"

3. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;: "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

同义词辨析

laugh, smile, giggle, grin, beam, sneer

这些动词均含"笑"之意。

laugh：最常用词，指因喜悦、愉快或轻视而出声的笑或大笑。

smile：指面露微笑，侧重于无声。

giggle：指发出咯咯的笑声，较多地用于女人或孩子。

grin：指露齿而笑。

beam：书面用词，指人因心情舒畅而发出的笑，即喜形于色地笑。

sneer：指冷笑、嘲笑。

词组搭配

laugh at

To treat lightly; scoff at

不以为意；对…一笑置之

a daredevil who laughed at danger.
鲁莽大胆的蔑视危险

考试真题

Benjamin ’ s idea was first laughed at.

You know I've often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom.

Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn't happen to us

Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.

That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what's going to happen

Why does the man say we laughed when we see some self-important people making fool of themselves?

At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?

Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.

He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's misfortune.

Surprisingly, they didn't laugh at us.

The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh.

They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed world.

Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention.

It allows us to have perspective on our lives - the ability to not take ourselves too seriously, to laugh at ourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will work out.

But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain, a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

Studies dating back to the 1930's indicate that laughter relaxes muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.

实用场景例句

to laugh loudly/aloud/out loud: 大声 / 高声 / 放声地笑

You never laugh at my jokes!: 你们听了我的笑话从不发笑！

The show was hilarious─I couldn't stop laughing.: 表演十分滑稽，弄得我笑个不停。

She always makes me laugh .: 她老是引得我发笑。

He burst out laughing (= suddenly started laughing) .: 他突然大笑起来。

She laughed to cover her nervousness.: 她笑了，想以此来掩饰自己紧张的心情。

I told him I was worried but he laughed scornfully.: 我告诉他我很担忧，可他却轻蔑地一笑。

‘You're crazy! ’ she laughed.: “你疯啦！”她哈哈大笑起来。

If we win the next game we'll be laughing.: 要是赢了下一场比赛，我们就占优势了。

‘Will your dad lend you the money? ’ ‘Don't make me laugh! ’: “你父亲会借给你钱吗？”“别开玩笑了！”

Well, I'm sorry you've lost your shoes, but you've got to laugh, haven't you?: 啊，真糟糕，你的鞋子丢了，可是这也挺逗的，是不是？

Everybody laughs at my accent.: 大家都拿我的口音取笑。

She is not afraid to laugh at herself (= not be too serious about herself) .: 她不怕取笑自己。

He laughed off suggestions that he was going to resign.: 有人猜测他要辞职，他一笑置之。

to give a laugh: 大笑一声

He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh...: 他正要解释，她却笑起来了。

He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad...: 人们说他长得像父亲时，他乐得大笑起来。

I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly...: 我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。

She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting.: 他戏剧化的夸张架势使她忍不住想笑。

They were persuaded onstage for a laugh by their mates...: 他们被同伴们说服，上台一乐。

It's a project she's doing for laughs.: 这个项目是她图好玩儿才做的。

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。

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。

Working there's great. It's quite a good laugh actually...: 在那儿工作挺不错。说实在的，蛮好玩儿的。

It was a good laugh there!: 那儿可真是好玩！

Mickey was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room.: 米基是个活宝，在更衣室里总是逗人笑个不停。

We've both had a good laugh about the accident despite what's happened.: 虽然出了意外，但我俩事后都一笑置之。

Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade.: 德斯·奥康纳预计会飙升至圣诞畅销唱片排行榜的榜首，这将让他的批评者都笑不出来。

Claire, a poisoner? Don't make me laugh — She was just a lousy cook.: 克莱尔投毒？别逗了。她只不过厨艺很差罢了。

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。

中文词源

laugh 笑

来自PIE*kleg,笑声，拟声词。

双语例句

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

2. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.: 只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。

3. He was falsely jovial, with his booming, mirthless laugh.: 他低声苦笑了几声，装出快乐的样子。

4. They laugh so hard they double up with laughter.: 他们捧腹大笑，直不起身来。

5. The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.: 这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。

英文词源

laugh: laugh: [OE] The word laugh is ultimately onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of laughter. It goes back to Indo-European *klak-, *klōk-, which also produced Greek klóssein, a verb denoting the clucking of hens, and Latin clangere ‘sound’ (source of English clangor [16]). Its Germanic descendants were *khlakh-, *khlōkh-, from which come German and Dutch lachen, Swedish and Danish le, and English laugh.
=> clangor
laugh (v.): late 14c., from Old English (Anglian) hlæhhan, earlier hlihhan, from Proto-Germanic *klakhjan (cognates: Old Norse hlæja, Danish le, Old Frisian hlakkia, Old Saxon hlahhian, Middle Dutch and Dutch lachen, Old High German hlahhan, German lachen, Gothic hlahjan), from PIE *kleg-, of imitative origin (compare Latin cachinnare "to laugh aloud," Sanskrit kakhati "laughs," Old Church Slavonic chochotati "laugh," Lithuanian klageti "to cackle," Greek kakhazein). Originally with a "hard" -gh- sound, as in Scottish loch; the spelling remained after the pronunciation shifted to "-f."
If I coveted nowe to avenge the injuries that you have done me, I myght laughe in my slyve. [John Daus, "Sleidanes Commentaries," 1560]
Related: Laughed; laughing.
laugh (n.): 1680s, from laugh (v.). Meaning "a cause of laughter" is from 1895; ironic use (as in that's a laugh) attested from 1930. Laugh track "canned laughter on a TV program" is from 1961.

词态变化

复数: laughs;第三人称单数: laughs;过去式: laughed;过去分词: laughed;现在分词: laughing;