laugh

noun

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

e.g. he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
thanks for the laugh
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point

Synonym: jokegagjestjape

2. a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

e.g. his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision

3. the sound of laughing

Synonym: laughter

laugh

verb

1. produce laughter

Synonym: express joyexpress mirth

1. 笑；大笑
When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly.

e.g. He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh...
他正要解释，她却笑起来了。
e.g. He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad...
人们说他长得像父亲时，他乐得大笑起来。

2. 嘲笑；讥笑
If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them.

e.g. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly...
我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。
e.g. She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting.
他戏剧化的夸张架势使她忍不住想笑。

3. 开玩笑；逗趣
If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun.

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e.g. They were persuaded onstage for a laugh by their mates...
他们被同伴们说服，上台一乐。
e.g. It's a project she's doing for laughs.
这个项目是她图好玩儿才做的。

4. 引人发笑；逗笑
If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh.

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e.g. If you can get a laugh by wearing a silly hat, you must have been born a comic...
如果你戴一顶傻傻的帽子就能让人发笑，那你一定是天生的笑匠。
e.g. The joke got a big laugh, which encouraged me to continue.
我的笑话引来哄堂大笑，这使我深受鼓舞，继续往下讲。

5. 好玩/ 开心/有点意思
If you describe a situation as a laugh ,a good laugh, or a bit of a laugh, you think that it is fun and do not take it too seriously.

e.g. Working there's great. It's quite a good laugh actually...
在那儿工作挺不错。说实在的，蛮好玩儿的。
e.g. It was a good laugh there!
那儿可真是好玩！

6. 开心果；逗笑好玩的人
If you describe someone as a laugh or a good laugh, you like them because they are amusing and fun to be with.

e.g. Mickey was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room.
米基是个活宝，在更衣室里总是逗人笑个不停。

7. （尤指经历了最初的苦恼不快后）觉得…可笑，对…一笑置之
If you have a good laugh about something, you find it amusing and realize that it is funny, especially when the situation was at first upsetting.

e.g. We've both had a good laugh about the accident despite what's happened.
虽然出了意外，但我俩事后都一笑置之。

8. 笑到最后；取得最后胜利
If you say that you have the last laugh, you mean that you become successful at something so that people who criticize or oppose you look foolish.

e.g. Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade.
德斯·奥康纳预计会飙升至圣诞畅销唱片排行榜的榜首，这将让他的批评者都笑不出来。

9. 别让我笑掉大牙了；别逗了
Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.

e.g. Claire, a poisoner? Don't make me laugh — She was just a lousy cook.
克莱尔投毒？别逗了。她只不过厨艺很差罢了。

10. （对于困境或令人失望的境况）何妨一笑，还有可笑之处
If you say 'you've got to laugh' or 'you have to laugh', you are trying to see the amusing side of a difficult or disappointing situation rather than being sad or angry about it.

e.g. The bikers have shown enough contempt of the law to ride their machines over police cars. 'You've got to laugh at their audacity,' said Mr Starkey.
摩托车党藐视法律，竟对警车玩起凌空飞车来。“牛气可嘉呀，”斯塔基先生说道。

11. to laugh someone out of court -> see court
to laugh in someone's face -> see face
to laugh your head off -> see head
no laughing matter -> see matter
to laugh all the way to the bank -> see way

相关词组：laugh off

1. laugh的解释

1. 大笑：根据王同亿主编的<>,大笑(Laugh)是指在爆发式的狂笑到抑制着的窃笑这一范围内,由于发声的结果将空气从肺部逐出,以此对某种感情(如欢乐、喜悦、嘲弄、窘迫或恐惧)作出一种有声可闻的表示,常伴有嘴或脸部肌肉的运动和眼睛的闪亮.

2. 动词 笑：汉语中有些动词在及物方面对英语是起正迁移作用的,如买(buy)、看见(see)、抓住(seize)等等都是作及物动词,笑(laugh)、走(go)等等都用作不及物动词,而有些动词却是起负迁移作用的,如发生(happen或take place)、出现(appear)等等,