vi.
- 笑；嘲笑[（+at）]
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They
laughed at their own failure.
他們對自己的失敗一笑置之。
The jokes made everyone
laugh.
那些笑話使每個人都笑了起來。
vt.
- 以笑表示
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He
laughed his approval.
他以笑表示同意。
- 使笑得[O8]
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We
laughed ourselves hoarse.
我們笑得嗓子都啞了。
- 用嘲笑逼使對方[O]
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The poor actor was
laughed off the stage.
這可憐的演員被嘲笑聲趕下了舞臺。
n.
- 笑，笑聲[C]
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She gave a hearty
laugh.
她爽朗地笑了起來。
- 引人發笑的事情[S]
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The funny book had a
laugh on every page.
這本滑稽的書每一頁上都有令人發笑的地方。
片語
have/get the laugh on sb.
- 反過來嘲笑某人
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I've
got the laugh on him this time.
這回該我嘲笑他了。
He who laughs last laughs best.
- 誰笑在最後，誰笑得最開心。
laugh at
- 嘲笑
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They all
laughed at her queer idea.
他們都嘲笑她的怪念頭。
laugh away
- 用笑驅除；用笑掩飾
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He tried to
laugh away her doubts.
他試圖用笑來打消她的疑慮。
laugh down
- 用笑聲打斷（或拒絕）
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They
laughed the speaker
down.
他們用笑聲把演講者轟下臺去。
laugh off
- 用笑驅除；用笑掩飾
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She simply
laughed off her resentment at the intrusion.
她只是用笑聲來掩飾她對別人打攪的不滿。
- 對……一笑置之
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All these reports were
laughed off as nonsense.
所有這些報導被當作一派胡言而一笑置之。
raise a laugh
- 引起笑聲
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Her acting
raised a laugh.
她的表演引起笑聲。
衍生
辨析
v.
- make the sounds and movements that express lively amusement and sometimes also derision.
▸
(laugh at)
ridicule; scorn.
-
(laugh something off)
dismiss something by treating it in a light-hearted way.
-
(be laughing)
informal be in a fortunate or successful position.
n.
- an act of laughing.
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(a laugh)
informal a person or thing that causes laughter.
Phrase
- have the last laugh
be finally vindicated. - a laugh a minute
very funny. - laugh on the other side of one's face
(or N. Amer. out of the other side of one's mouth)
be discomfited after feeling confident or triumphant. - laugh someone/thing out of court
dismiss someone or something with contempt as being obviously ridiculous. - laugh up one's sleeve
be secretly or inwardly amused.
Derivative
- laugher n.
- laughing adj.
- laughingly adv.
Etymology
OE hlæhhan, hliehhan, of Gmc origin.
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