| 单词 | laugh |
| 释义 | laugh (lɑːf , læf ) Word forms: laughs , laughing , laughed 1. verb A2 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. He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh. [VERB] He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad. [VERB + with] The British don't laugh at the same jokes as the French. [VERB + at] 'I'll be astonished if I win on Sunday,' laughed Lyle. [VERB with quote] Synonyms: chuckle, giggle, snigger, crack up [informal] Laugh is also a noun. Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke. [+ at] 2. verb B1+ If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly. [VERB + at] She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting. [VERB at noun] 3. for a laugh/for laughs phrase If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun. They were persuaded onstage for a laugh by their mates. It's a project she's doing for laughs. 4. get a laugh phrase If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh. [mainly British] If you can get a laugh by wearing a silly hat, you must have been born a comic. The joke got a big laugh, which encouraged me to continue. 5. a good laugh/a bit of a laugh phrase 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. [mainly British, informal] Working there's great. It's quite a good laugh actually. It was a good laugh there! 6. a good laugh phrase If you describe someone as a laugh or a good laugh, you like them because they are amusing and fun to be with. [mainly British] Mickey was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room. 7. have a good laugh about something phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun] 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. We've both had a good laugh about the accident despite what's happened. 8. to have the last laugh phrase 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. Perhaps these people take more care of themselves and so ultimately have the last laugh. 9. don't make me laugh convention 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. [informal, disapproval] 10. you've got to laugh/you have to laugh convention 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. [informal] 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. 11. to laugh someone out of court phrase [VERB inflects] If you laugh someone out of court, you say that their opinions or ideas are so ridiculous that they are not worth considering. It's easy for a younger generation of critics to laugh Limon out of court. 12. to laugh in someone's face phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you. 13. to laugh your head off phrase Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly. [emphasis] He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off. 14. no laughing matter phrase If you say that something is no laughing matter, you mean that it is very serious and not something that you should laugh or joke about. Their behaviour is an offence. It's no laughing matter. 15. to laugh all the way to the bank phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone is laughing all the way to the bank, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily. [informal] The lucrative contract with television means that England's wealthy football clubs will now be laughing all the way to the bank. Phrasal verbs: laugh off phrasal verb If you laugh off a difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for example by making a joke about it. The couple laughed off rumours that their marriage was in trouble. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Whilst I used to laugh it off, I'm now getting irritated by it. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 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 ownSolitude 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 manThe House of the Dead He who laughs last, laughs longest Idioms: laugh your head off or shout your head off to laugh or shout a great deal They were probably laughing their heads off. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers laugh at someone's expense to make someone seem foolish by laughing at them Being fat and bald has ruined my life. I'll never forget the people who laughed at my expense. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have the last laugh to make your critics or opponents look foolish or wrong, by becoming successful when they said that you would fail But the cast of the teen soap may have the last laugh: the show is nominated in every category of the British Soap Awards. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers laugh like a drain [British] to laugh a lot I've watched this comedy series over and over again but I still laugh like a drain every time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers laugh all the way to the bank to make a lot of money very easily or very quickly Investors who followed our New Year share tips are laughing all the way to the bank. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers laugh up your sleeve to be secretly amused by something, for example because someone has done something very badly, or because you know something that nobody else knows. This expression is usually used to show disapproval. He wondered just how smugly she was laughing up her sleeve at his ineptitude. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers laugh out of the other side of your mouth [US] said to warn someone that although they are happy or successful at the moment, things are likely to go wrong for them in the future. The British expression is laugh on the other side of your face. You'll laugh out of the other side of your goddam mouth after this game. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: infectious laugh He gives one of his infectious laughs and shrugs. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Her infectious laugh was guaranteed to brighten your day. The Sun (2011) She is hilarious with such an infectious laugh. The Sun (2013) You know you're a real comedian when ... you locked your keys in the car and, instead, you just laugh at yourself. ST Once the world laughed at our humour, now they just laugh at us. The Sun Comments like that don't affect us, we just laugh it off. The Sun She's full of beautiful songs and stories, and we have such fun adventures and just laugh all the time. Times, Sunday Times I'll probably just laugh because, in the right hands, it's one of our finest and funniest cuss-nouns. Times, Sunday Times Then she would laugh loudly through the whole movie, even if it wasn't funny. The Sun Their laughter nonetheless made me betray my eavesdropping and laugh loudly on my side of the wall, which startled them into silence for a moment before laughing all the more. Christianity Today I was raised to laugh loudly. Christianity Today He throws up his arms and laughs loudly, flashing his pearlies in a toothpaste-ad smile. Times, Sunday Times We ended rolling on the floor, laughing loudly. Times, Sunday Times Either way, he was laughing merrily, full of enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times Even foreign journalists, though laughing merrily, have long-agreed we rarely get the rub of the green. The Sun The two men were photographed laughing merrily. Times, Sunday Times They laugh nervously and stomp on their cigarettes. Times, Sunday Times I'd have to laugh nervously and wrap up the conversation immediately. Times, Sunday Times The rest of the class would laugh nervously. Christianity Today And sometimes they shrug warily, sometimes laugh nervously. Times, Sunday Times She will speak haltingly, with the sweetly mellifluous cadence that has become her trademark, and she will laugh nervously at herself and her own ideas. Times, Sunday Times No matter what, the audience must laugh uproariously. Times, Sunday Times All the officers laugh uproariously. The Times Literary Supplement This used to be a show that could make you laugh uproariously with frequencywithout resorting to special event episodes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Step out of the office and start laughing uproariously. Christianity Today They loved to be photographed laughing uproariously in the theatre. Times, Sunday Times I hope the nation was either laughing uncontrollably or rendered insensate by the cheek of the man. Times, Sunday Times We ended up in a snowy tangle, laughing uncontrollably. Times, Sunday Times I finished the joke and he started laughing uncontrollably. Times, Sunday Times Conversely, there may be poor modulation of feelings as well, with reduced expression punctuated by periods of very strong expression, including laughing uncontrollably, crying inconsolably, and outbursts of anger. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She rocked back and forth laughing uncontrollably with her arms and legs swinging wildly whenever someone stepped on a floor mat in front of her glass and wood case. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You had a little laugh and had the feeling your head teacher was going to tell you off. Times, Sunday Times We all have a little laugh about that. Times, Sunday Times We had a little laugh about it and the rest of the flight passed uneventfully. Times, Sunday Times She gives out a little laugh, but it's not a laugh of pleasure or delight. Times, Sunday Times And naturally, again, having given a tiny flicker, she punctuates it with a polite little laugh. Times, Sunday Times She listens, her nervous laugh sometimes resonating in the café's silence. Times, Sunday Times She had that nervous laugh people have when they are trying to hide something. The Sun She retains her composure but gives a nervous laugh when challenged on her calculations, before reaching the right conclusion after a couple more prompts. Times, Sunday Times Then a big, cackling, nervous laugh lightens the air. Times, Sunday Times He performed all these duties with firmness and efficiency, his nervous laugh only hinting on occasion at the difficulty of a particular decision. Times, Sunday Times No, it's not the raucous laugh of her early years, but those corners of her mouth are definitely upturned. The Sun She was overbearing and grasping and silly, but she had a wonderfully raucous laugh and a keen sense of malignant fun. Times, Sunday Times This brought a raucous laugh. Times, Sunday Times He gives a raucous laugh at that notion. Times, Sunday Times His friends knew him as a 'huge joker' with a raucous laugh. Times, Sunday Times There's a good chance he suspects you know, will be relieved he's been outed and you can share a laugh and move on. Times, Sunday Times Reframe the situation by choosing a different breakfast, or use it as a chance to share a laugh and joke with a loved one. The Sun Spend time with people who you can share a laugh with. The Sun He says that he couldn't resist and that they shared a laugh afterwards. Times, Sunday Times In short: we share your laughs, your gripes and your fears. Times, Sunday Times Another pause, followed by a deep, full, throaty laugh and, for once, a steady gaze. Times, Sunday Times A cheery, throaty laugh that seemed to surprise her, as if she hadn't heard the sound for some time. Times, Sunday Times She terrified and fascinated me with her licentiousness, her filthy jokes, her dark, throaty laugh. Times,Sunday Times He gives a throaty laugh. Times, Sunday Times She laughs, a distinctive deep, throaty laugh. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 笑, 笑 Japanese: 笑い, 笑う |
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