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n. 笑, 笑声 vi. 笑, 大笑 vt. 以笑表示

发音

AU /lɐːf/
UK /lɑːf/
其它 /laf/
SCOT /laf/
US /læf/

词形变化

laughing laughs 复数 laughs laugh'd laughed laughedst laughen laugheth laughs 三单 laught low laughing 现在分词 laughed 过去式 laughed 过去分词 laughest laughedst 过去式 laugheth 三单 laughed 复数

别名

laff laughe larf LLL

教材释义与例句

名词

笑；引人发笑的事或人

the act of laughing or the sound you make when you laugh

动词

笑

to make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because you think something is funny

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

    笑声

    笑

    His deep laughs boomed through the room.

  2. 2.

    Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

    Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.

  3. 3.

    A fun person.

    新西兰

    a good laugh

    2010, The Times, March 14, 2010, Tamzin Outhwaite, the unlikely musical star Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

    笑

    发笑

    不及物

    There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.

  2. 2.

    To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

    比喻 不及物 废旧
  3. 3.

    To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

    嘲笑

    笑

    不及物

    Don't laugh at my new hat, man!

  4. 4.

    To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To express by, or utter with, laughter.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

joke laughter gag jest jape

上位词 8

humor humour wit vocalization utterance facial expression witticism wittiness

下位词 10

wow funny scream chuckle ha-ha riot giggle snort hee-haw cackle

部分词 3

punchline laugh line tagline
动词

反义词 1

cry

下位词 10

chuckle roar howl giggle bray cackle snicker break up chortle convulse

参见 3

laugh at laugh away laugh off

相关短语

laugh like a drain 放声大笑,狂笑,得意地笑 laugh off 用笑摆脱 laugh like a hyena laugh all the way to the bank laugh one's head off 狂笑 laugh track 笑声声带 laugh a minute laugh machine laugh down 用笑声打断 laugh out of court 一笑置之 laugh up one's sleeve 暗暗发笑, 窃笑 laugh in one's sleeve 窃笑 laugh tracks laugh machines laugh line 笑纹；小笑话；妙话

词源

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. Cognates Germanic: Scots lauch (“to laugh”), Yola leeigh, leigh (“to laugh”), North Frisian laache, lachi, laake, loache, lååke (“to laugh”), Saterland Frisian laachje (“to laugh”), West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Alemannic German lache (“to laugh”), Cimbrian lachan (“to laugh”), Dutch, German, and Low German lachen (“to laugh”), Luxembourgish laachen (“to laugh”), Yiddish לאַכן (lakhn, “to laugh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish le (“to laugh”), Elfdalian läa (“to laugh”), Faroese læa (“to laugh”), Icelandic hlæja (“to laugh”), Norwegian Nynorsk le, læ, læja (“to laugh”), Crimean Gothic lachen (“to laugh”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan, “to laugh”). Indo-European: Breton kloc'h (“bell”), Irish clog (“bell; clock”), Manx and Scottish Gaelic clag (“bell”), Welsh cloch (“bell”), Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ, “to cluck, cackle”).

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