laugh

laugh, smile, giggle, grin, beam, sneer

名词 laugh:

1. the sound of laughing
   同义词：laughter
2. a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
3. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
   同义词：joke, gag, jest, jape

动词 laugh:

1. produce laughter
   同义词：express joy, express mirth

1. An actor has to learn to laugh off bad reviews.
   演员须学会能对贬斥性评论一笑置之的本事。
2. He could tell she was in a bad mood, and tried to laugh her out of it.
   他看出她心情不好，想逗她笑好让她不再想烦恼的事。
3. She knew the truth all along and was laughing up her sleeve at us.
   她早就知道真相，却一直在暗中笑话我们。
4. Weeping willows laugh in the breeze.
   垂柳迎风欢笑。
5. He told me the news with a laugh.
   他笑着告诉我这个消息。
6. Don't laugh at him.
   不要嘲笑他。

laugh

v.（动词）
laughed,laugh.ing,laughs
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To express certain emotions, especially mirth, delight, or derision, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.
笑：为表达某种情感，尤指高兴、快乐或嘲笑而发的一阵自发的，通常是不清晰的声音，并常伴随着脸部和身体的运动
To show or feel amusement or good humor:
感到好笑：表示或感到好笑或非常幽默：
例句：
laughed to herself at the memory; an experience we would laugh about later on.
想起这些，她暗自发笑；以后他们会感到好笑的经历

To feel or express derision or contempt; mock:
嘲笑：感到或表示嘲讽和轻视；嘲笑：
例句：
We used to laugh at their provincial manners. I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.
我们以前常常嘲笑他们粗俗的举止。当我得知我的对手是谁的时候，我感到好笑

To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being:
得意洋洋：因安乐而洋洋得意或欢欣：
例句：
You won`t be laughing when the truth comes out.
一旦真相被揭露，你就不会洋洋得意了

To produce sounds resembling laughter:
发出类似欢笑的声音：
例句：
parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.
鹦鹉在树上欢唱着

v.tr.（及物动词）
To affect or influence by laughter:
用笑声所影响或感染：
例句：
laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.
用笑声把演讲者赶下台；用笑声否定了这项提议

To say with a laugh:
笑着说：
例句：
He laughed his delight at the victory.
他的笑声表达了他胜利的喜悦

n.（名词）

The act of laughing.
笑
The sound of laughing; laughter.
笑的声音；笑声
Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke:
【非正式用语】 笑话，笑柄：可笑的，荒诞的或可鄙的事情；笑话：
例句：
The solution they recommended was a laugh.
他们提出的解决办法简直是个笑话

Often laughs Informal Fun; amusement:
常作 laughs 【非正式用语】 消遣；玩乐：
例句：
decided to go along just for laughs.
决定一起去，只为了乐一乐

<常用词组>laugh at
To treat lightly; scoff at:
不以为意；对…一笑置之：
例句：
a daredevil who laughed at danger.
鲁莽大胆的蔑视危险

laugh off 或
laugh away
To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial:
一笑置之：把……当作滑稽可笑的琐事而置之不理：
例句：
laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.
对有关她事业生涯已经结束的暗示置之不理

<习惯用语>laugh up (one`s) sleeve 或
laugh in (one`s) sleeve
To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another`s error or defeat.
幸灾乐祸：偷偷地欣喜或高兴，如对他人的错误或失败
来源：
Middle English laughen
中古英语 laughen
from Old English hlôhhan
源自 古英语 hlôhhan
[probably ultimately of imitative origin]
[可能最终源自拟声]

【引伸】
laugh.er
n.（名词）
laugh.ingly
adv.（副词）