| 单词 | the butt of a joke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe butt of a (also the) joke b. An object of derision, abuse, or (esp.) ridicule. Now usually in the butt of a (also the) joke. Frequently with reference to a person.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 1607 W. Alexander Alexandraean Trag. iii. ii, in Monarchicke Trag. (rev. ed.) sig. I4v Throwne downe in th'Ocean of disgrace, A prey t'a womans pride, the butt of scorne. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. 1443 Oh; make them not the Butt of thy displeasure. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey v. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cc3v/1 Let me stand the butt, of thy fell malice. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶10 A Man is not qualified for a Butt, who has not a good deal of Wit and Vivacity... A stupid Butt is only fit for the Conversation of ordinary People. 1765 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. II. xi. 604/1 The austere and gloomy sectarists..were now the butts of raillery to the gay and licentious courtiers. 1796 Sun 9 Sept. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen have been the constant butt of the jokes of Writers of the Stage. 1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 16 Aug. He could not make a fool of me, as he did of Godwin and some other of his butts. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 45 He was the butt and byeword of liberalism. 1862 Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 25 Mar. Mr. Williamson being the butt of the joke acknowledged that he could not see its point. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 114 A taste for fossils..was at that time regarded as a fair butt for unsparing ridicule. 1901 K. P. Wormeley tr. R. L. de V. de P. d'Argenson Jrnl. & Mem. II. vi. 159 It is thought that M. de Machault is tired of..being the butt of public opprobrium. 1924 Proc. State Board Equalization Michigan 17 A few years ago he was made the butt by comparisons made of the cost of his own department with that of similar departments of other states. 1976 F. A. Hoffmann in V. Randolph Pissing in Snow ix. 18 (note) Everyone harbors the wish that he can be ready with an appropriate rejoinder when someone attempts to pull his leg or make him the butt of a joke. 1990 Time 26 Feb. 52/1 During the heyday of takeover lending and junk-bond financing, the patrician investment firm Morgan Stanley was often the butt of ridicule. 2007 Independent 21 Nov. (Property section) 5/3 Despite being the butt of a thousand jokes, Milton Keynes is about to have its moment in the sun. < as lemmas |
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