| 单词 | humour |
| 释义 | humour (once / 246 pages) 1nv 2n WORD FAMILY humour: humoured, humouring, humourist, humourless, humours+/humoured: ill-humoured/humourist: humourists USAGE EXAMPLES"Everyone adored him,'' she said. "A great sense of humour and a great humanitarian. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) I told myself it was just her ironic humour. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) The NT and federal governments – the latter overseeing laws that protect crocodiles – tend to humour these calls and then reject them. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n the quality of being funny Syn|Hypo|Hyper humor comicality the quality of being comical quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 2n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter Syn|Hypo|Hyper humor, wit, witticism, wittiness jeu d'esprit a witty comment or writing bon mot, mota clever remark esprit de l'escaliera witty remark that occurs to you too late bite, pungencywit having a sharp and caustic quality caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satirewitty language used to convey insults or scorn reparteeadroitness and cleverness in reply gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter caricature, imitation, impersonationa representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect cartoon, sketcha humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine fun, play, sportverbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) ribaldryribald humor topperan exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before mock-heroica satirical imitation of heroic verse backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillerylight teasing repartee belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wowa joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-linera one-line joke shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick jokea joke in bad taste sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travestya composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way jocosity, jocularityfun characterized by humor waggery, waggishnesswaggish behavior clowning, comedy, drollery, funninessa comic incident or series of incidents paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplaya humorous play on words cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, stripa sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 3n the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous Syn|Hyper humor, sense of humor, sense of humour fun, playfulness a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement 4v put into a good mood 2Syn|Hyper humor gratify, indulge, pander yield (to); give satisfaction to 1n (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state Syn|Hyper humor body substance the substance of the body 2n the liquid parts of the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance aqueous humor, aqueous humour the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humourthe clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball endolymphthe bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear perilymphthe bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear ECF, extracellular fluidliquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid intracellular fluidliquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) juice, succusany of several liquids of the body karyolympha clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed milkproduced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, watersthe serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion bloodthe fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets blood serum, seruman amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates chylea milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats lympha thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels inkdark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods secretiona functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell black bile, melancholya humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy choler, yellow bilea humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger lochiasubstance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth festering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppurationa fluid product of inflammation cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluidclear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord miltseminal fluid produced by male fish ganoin, ganoineshiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales interstitial fluidliquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body cancer juicea milky substance found in certain cancerous growths mother's milkmilk secreted by a woman who has recently given birth colostrum, foremilkmilky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition arterial bloodblood found in arteries blood group, blood typehuman blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens gorecoagulated blood from a wound lifebloodthe blood considered as the seat of vitality blood stream, bloodstreamthe blood flowing through the circulatory system blood clot, grumea semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells cord bloodblood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flowflow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years venous bloodblood found in the veins whole bloodblood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant blood plasma, plasm, plasmathe colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended antiserumblood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretionsaline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball perspiration, sudor, sweatsalty fluid secreted by sweat glands digestive fluid, digestive juicesecretions that aid digestion endocrine, hormone, internal secretionthe secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect intestinal juicesecretions by glands lining the walls of the intestines autacoid, autocoidany physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification synovia, synovial fluidviscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. mucous secretion, mucusprotective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium saliva, spit, spittlea clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches sebumthe oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin gleeta thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea royal jellya secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens muskan odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative nectara sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators pheromonea chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species milk whey, wheythe serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese body substance the substance of the body 3n a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling Syn|Hypo|Hyper humor, mood, temper peeve an annoyed or irritated mood sulk, sulkinessa mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal amiability, good humor, good humour, good tempera cheerful and agreeable mood distemper, ill humor, ill humouran angry and disagreeable mood jolliness, jollity, jovialityfeeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor moodinessa sullen gloomy feeling choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulancean irritable petulant feeling feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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