| 单词 | gallows-humour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgallows-humour gallows-humour n. grim, ironical humour; ‘sick’ humour; cf. Galgenhumor n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > specific grim gallows-humour1901 black humour1916 Galgenhumor1948 1901 W. D. Howells in N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 710 The honors are not quite so easy in the matter of gallows-humor. 1935 Archit. Rev. 77 31/1 These may not be altogether unintentional touches of what the Germans call ‘gallows-humour’. 1958 Times 17 July 4/3 The explosive vitality, full-blooded sentiment, and gallows humour that pervade the play. < as lemmas |
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