单词 | laugh up one's sleeve |
释义 | laugh /läf/intransitive verb
ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) hlæhhan (WSax hliehhan); Ger lachen, Gothic hlahjan laughˈable adjective Ludicrous laughˈableness noun laughˈably adverb laughˈer noun
laughˈful adjective Mirthful laughˈing noun and adjective laughˈingly adverb laughˈsome adjective (archaic)
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)
don't make me laugh (informal) An expression of scornful disbelief have the last laugh
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 sleeve /slēv/noun
To provide with sleeves ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) slēfe (WSax sliefe) sleeved adjective
sleeveˈless adjective
sleevˈer noun
sleevˈing noun Tubular flexible insulation for threading over bare conductor wires sleeve board noun A small board for ironing sleeves sleeve dog noun (old) A little dog that could be carried in the sleeve sleeve fish noun The squid sleeveˈhand noun (Shakespeare) A wristband sleeve notes plural noun The text on a record sleeve sleeve nut noun A double nut for attaching the joint-ends of rods or tubes sleeveˈ-valve engine noun A type of engine in which two cylindrical metal sleeves, one inside the other, slide up and down on a film of oil, providing intake and exhaust passages as the port openings pass each other sleeve waistcoat or sleeved waistcoat noun A long-sleeved waistcoast, as worn by hotel porters, etc keep something up one's sleeve To keep something, eg information, in secret reserve laugh in or up one's sleeve To laugh privately or unperceived roll up one's sleeves To get down wholeheartedly to a job, esp an unpleasant manual one wear one's heart on one's sleeve see under heart |
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