英语词汇“good for a laugh”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. With for. Likely to provide, elicit, or be the source of. Frequently in good for a laugh and variants: likely to amuse or entertain.

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society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb]

of or on the spleenc1460

for love1678

for fun1750

for the fun of the thing1751

for the fun of it1823

good for a laugh1835

for the ride1863

(just) for the hell of it1908

pour le sport1924

for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983

1835 Neville Papers in J. B. Lewis N. Carolina Eng. (1939) 164 My Crop is good for 15 to 20 bails.

1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 21 June 1/5 An absurd story, forsooth, but good for a laugh.

1919 Bookman Feb. 705/2 ‘Ree-fined’, spoken thus on the stage, invariably brings a laugh; in vaudeville it is good for a guffaw.

1947 B. Rascoe We were Interrupted iii. 44 That arm of the law was always good for a yarn or two about his experiences.

1958 Washington Post 17 June b8/4 Orson Welles, always good for a quote, came up with this one for the French press [etc.].

1960 Daily Mirror 21 June 24/3 The pitch looks good for plenty of runs today.

1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 167 The Tories made for the conference in search of inspiration. Michael [Heseltine] was always good for a bit of uplift.

2007 M. Frost Match 5 He's musical, a good singer and a great dancer, a teller of tales, always good for a laugh.

2011 Mt. Airy (N. Carolina) News (Nexis) 13 Jan. She gets her hands on a lot of balls, scores seven to 12 points a game, and is usually good for three assists and three steals a game.

单词	good for a laugh
释义	> as lemmas good for a laugh d. With for. Likely to provide, elicit, or be the source of. Frequently in good for a laugh and variants: likely to amuse or entertain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb] of or on the spleenc1460 for love1678 for fun1750 for the fun of the thing1751 for the fun of it1823 good for a laugh1835 for the ride1863 (just) for the hell of it1908 pour le sport1924 for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983 1835 Neville Papers in J. B. Lewis N. Carolina Eng. (1939) 164 My Crop is good for 15 to 20 bails. 1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 21 June 1/5 An absurd story, forsooth, but good for a laugh. 1919 Bookman Feb. 705/2 ‘Ree-fined’, spoken thus on the stage, invariably brings a laugh; in vaudeville it is good for a guffaw. 1947 B. Rascoe We were Interrupted iii. 44 That arm of the law was always good for a yarn or two about his experiences. 1958 Washington Post 17 June b8/4 Orson Welles, always good for a quote, came up with this one for the French press [etc.]. 1960 Daily Mirror 21 June 24/3 The pitch looks good for plenty of runs today. 1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 167 The Tories made for the conference in search of inspiration. Michael [Heseltine] was always good for a bit of uplift. 2007 M. Frost Match 5 He's musical, a good singer and a great dancer, a teller of tales, always good for a laugh. 2011 Mt. Airy (N. Carolina) News (Nexis) 13 Jan. She gets her hands on a lot of balls, scores seven to 12 points a game, and is usually good for three assists and three steals a game. extracted from goodadj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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