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单词 laughter
释义 laugh·ter
I. \ˈlaftə(r), -aaf-, -aif-, -ȧf-, -äf-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hleahtor; akin to Old High German lahtar laughter, Old Norse hlātr; derivative from the root of Old English hliehhan to laugh — more at laugh
1.
 a. : a sound of or as if of laughing
  < laughter rippled through the room >
  < after the scream came hideous laughter >
  < the glowing gully rang with a kookaburra's laughter — Rex Ingamells >
  < there is laughter in its waters — Robert Gibbings >
 b. : an inclination to laugh : exuberance, amusement
  < the laughter in him has turned the scale — Walter Lippmann >
  < the capacity for civilized enjoyment, for leisure and laughter — Bertrand Russell >
2. : laugh II 1a
 < the three laughters broke forth together — Dorothy M. Richardson >
3. archaic : a cause of merriment
 < would be argument for a week, laughter for a month — Shakespeare >
II. \ˈlaftə(r), ˈlȧtə-, ˈlȯtə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lāttr place where animals lay their young; akin to Old Norse leggja to lay — more at lay
dialect Britain : a clutch of eggs
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