Laughter
['lɑːftə] or ['læftɚ]
解释:
(noun.) the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; 'he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd'.
手打:特伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i.
丹尼斯编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Laughing, laugh.
整理:莉莲
娱乐性解释：
n. An interior convulsion producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and though intermittent incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals— these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infectious character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of sputa diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder Convulsio spargens.
布伦达编辑
例句:
- The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- But they could not really talk, because of the glassy ravel of women's excited, cold laughter and running voices. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It seemed to me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive attack of laughter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- De Bracy was the first to break silence by an uncontrollable fit of laughter, wherein he was joined, though with more moderation, by the Templar. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And then, from unseen lips, a cruel and mocking peal of laughter rang through the desolate place. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The young girls of Nazareth still collect about it by the dozen and keep up a riotous laughter and sky-larking. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He could hear laughter in the upper rooms. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She answered it with a second laugh, and laughter well became her youth, her roses, her dimples, her bright eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I was a little startled at the nature of the child's amusement, but the father's laughter made me think that perhaps he was joking. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He who sat near Raymond was telling a story, which convulsed the rest with laughter. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The room rang with shouts of laughter. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- His blue, keen eyes were lit up with laughter, his ruddy face, with its sharp fair hair, was full of satisfaction, and glowing with life. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He was quivering with silent laughter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Robert Jordan heard a quick, control-breaking sniff of laughter from the girl, Maria, who was standing behind him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Nor should our citizens be given to excess of laughter--'Such violent delights' are followed by a violent re-action. 柏拉图. 理想国.
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