| 单词 | laughable |
| 释义 | laughable (once / 3292 pages) adj If something is so absurd or ridiculous that it makes you laugh, you can call it laughable. Your little sister's idea of dropping out of elementary school and starting a full-time lemonade stand might seem laughable to you. Your friend's preposterous plan to live in a tree all summer is laughable, and a politician's proposal to build a wall around the entire country to keep immigrants out is laughable too. You can also use this adjective to simply mean "funny," or "provoking laughter." Laughable comes from laugh, which has an Old English root and was originally pronounced with a hard g sound. The pronunciation changed, but the spelling stayed the same. WORD FAMILYlaughable: laughably+/laugh: laughable, laughed, laugher, laughing, laughs/laugher: laughers/laughing: laughingest, laughingly USAGE EXAMPLESOld structures like business hours and the workweek seem laughable in light of the always-on cycle of social media. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) The notion that Donald Trump might help rehabilitate the culture would strike many as laughable. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) The righteous indignation erupting across segments of the college football landscape is laughable. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj incongruous;inviting ridicule a contribution so small as to be laughable Syn absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous foolish devoid of good sense or judgment 2adj arousing or provoking laughter it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much Syn amusing, comic, comical, funny, mirthful, risible humorous, humourous full of or characterized by humor |
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