| 单词 | humour |
| 释义 | Word Frequency humour or US humor (ˈhjuːmə) noun 1. the quality of being funny 2. Also called: sense of humour the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous 3. situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous 4. a. a state of mind; temper; mood b. (in combination) ill humour good humour 5. temperament or disposition 6. a caprice or whim 7. any of various fluids in the body, esp the aqueous humour and vitreous humour 8. Also called: cardinal humour archaic any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition 9. out of humour verb (transitive) 10. to attempt to gratify; indulge he humoured the boy's whims 11. to adapt oneself to to humour someone's fantasies Derived forms humourful (ˈhumourful) or US humorful (ˈhumorful) adjective humourless (ˈhumourless) or US humorless (ˈhumorless) adjective humourlessness (ˈhumourlessness) or US humorlessness (ˈhumorlessness) noun Word origin C14: from Latin humor liquid; related to Latin ūmēre to be wet, Old Norse vökr moist, Greek hugros wet |
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