英语词汇“laugh someone out of court”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A daily report in certain newspapers of the appointments, activities, etc of the sovereign and/or other members of a royal family

A guide to, or a directory of, the names and residences of the nobility in a town

A modification of the Norman handwriting, as distinguished from the modern or Italian handwriting, in use in the English lawcourts from the 16c to the reign of George II

A conception and tradition of love, originating in late medieval European literature, in which the knight sublimates his love for his lady in submission, service and devotion

A court held by officers of the army, navy or air force for the trial of offences against service laws (one improvised in time of war round an upturned drum for summary judgement was a drumhead court martial)

Sticking-plaster made of silk, originally applied as patches on the face by ladies at court

Court of Appeal, Arches, Exchequer, etc see under appeal, arch¹, exchequer, etc.

laugh someone out of court see under laugh

out of court

Without a trial in a lawcourt
Without claim to be considered

pay court to

To woo or flatter

put (or rule) out of court

To prevent a case from being heard
To dismiss emphatically (figurative)

the ball's in your court see under ball¹

laugh /läf/

intransitive verb

To express, by explosive inarticulate sounds of the voice, amusement, joy, scorn, etc, or a reaction to tickling, etc
To be entertained or amused by (with at)
To make fun of (with at)
To express scorn for (with at)
To have a cheerful appearance (figurative)

transitive verb

To have an effect on, affect or force into by laughing
To express by laughter
To laugh at, deride (Spenser)

noun

An act or sound of laughing
Someone who or something that is good fun (informal)

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) hlæhhan (WSax hliehhan); Ger lachen, Gothic hlahjan

laughˈable adjective

Ludicrous

laughˈableness noun

laughˈably adverb

laughˈer noun

Someone who laughs
A breed of pigeon which makes a laughing sound
An easily won game, a walkover (informal, esp N American)

laughˈful adjective

Mirthful

laughˈing noun and adjective

laughˈingly adverb

laughˈsome adjective (archaic)

Inclined to laugh
Provoking laughter

laughˈter noun

The act or sound of laughing

laughˈworthy adjective

Deserving to be laughed at

laughˈy adjective (rare)

Inclined to laugh

laugh and lie down or laugh and lay down noun

An old card game in which a player lays down his or her cards when a winning hand is achieved

laughing gas noun

Nitrous oxide, which may excite laughter when breathed

laughing gear noun (slang, orig Aust)

The mouth

laughing hyena noun

The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta; see under hyena)

laughing jackass noun

The kookaburra

laughing stock noun

An object of ridicule

laugh track or laughter track noun

Recorded laughter edited into the soundtrack of a TV comedy programme

be laughing (informal)

To have no (further) problems, worries, etc
To be in a favourable or advantageous position

don't make me laugh (informal)

An expression of scornful disbelief

have the last laugh

To triumph finally after one or more setbacks or defeats
To have one's actions, etc finally vindicated after being scorned

have the laugh of

To get the better of

laugh in someone's face

To scorn or mock a person openly

laugh off

To treat (injuries, etc) as of no importance

laugh on the other side of one's face or (rare) on the wrong side of one's mouth

To be made to feel disappointment or sorrow, esp after boasting, etc

laugh someone out of court

To prevent someone getting a hearing by ridicule

laugh to scorn

To deride or jeer at

laugh up one's sleeve or (rare) in one's sleeve

To laugh inwardly

no laughing matter

A very serious matter

court /kört or kōrt/

laugh /läf/