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单词 funny
释义 fun·ny
I. \ˈfənē, -ni\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: fun (II) + -y
1.
 a. : affording light mirth and laughter typically by means of absurdity or oddness without much subtlety : amusing
  < when they laughed it was not because they thought it was funny but out of embarrassment — Barnaby Conrad >
  < he is the funniest writer in the world, with more kinds of fun than any other, from the broadest burlesque … to the final subtlety of the tear-stained smile — Robert Morse >
 b. : seeking or intended to amuse : facetious, trifling
  < don't take him so seriously; he was just being funny >
  < cut out the funny business and get to work >
  < a tactical mistake — to … get funny with an official — Irish Digest >
2.
 a. : differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : queer, odd, fishy
  < they'd surely think it funny if we shot up the price now — C.G.Benjamin >
 b. : ill
  < came to the doctor with the vague complaint that he felt funny all over >
  < he had been a bit funny in the top story — Norman Lewis >
 c. : intoxicated
3. : involving trickery or deception : spurious, underhanded
 < warned them he would shoot if they tried any funny stuff >
 < fake bidding and other funny business at the auction >
4. : comic 3
 < reading the funny page in a daily paper >
Synonyms: see laughable
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: perhaps from funny (I)
: a narrow clinker-built British scull with one pair of outriggers for the oarlocks
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: funny (I)
1. : one that is funny
 < cast him as one of the funnies — Robertson Davies >
2. : a comic strip or comic section of a newspaper or periodical — usually used in plural
 < follow their adventures in the funnies >
 < look at the funnies >
IV. adverb
: in an odd or amusing way
 < made them suspicious when he began acting funny >
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